posted by Kayce 06-27-101 7:54 AM
Orange Candy Cake
Grandmother G's
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
5 eggs
1 Tbsp vanilla
1 (8 oz.) pkg dates, cut up
1 pound orange slice candy, cut up
2 cups chopped nuts
1 can (4oz) coconut
4 cups all purpose flour, sifted
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup buttermilk
Mix 1/4 cup flour with dates, candy, nuts and coconut; set aside
Cream butter and sugar till fluffy; beat in eggs one at a time Add vanilla Sift remaining dry ingredients; alternately fold into creamed mixture with buttermilk. Fold in fruit and nut mixture. Spoon into greased and floured bundt pan or 10 in tube pan.
Bake in 300º oven, almost 2 hours.(test to see if done ) Immediately when removing from oven, pour on syrup.
Syrup:
1/2 tsp. grated orange peel
1/2 tsp. grated lemon peel
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup powdered sugar.
Cool cake on rack; then remove from pan. Wrap in foil; refrigerate at least 1 full day before serving. You can also bake this in 2 loaf pans, about 1 hr. 35 mins.