ORANGE SLICE CAKE

Sift together:

3 1/3 cups plain flour
1 tsp. Salt

Cut into small pieces:

1 lb. Orange slice candy
1 cup packaged dates
1 cup walnuts
1 cup pecans

Mix candy, dates, and nuts with ½ cu flour and set aside.

Cream 2 cups sugar and 1 cup butter. Add 4 eggs, one at a time. Beat as you add each one. Then add 1 tsp. Baking soda and ¾ cup buttermilk and the rest of the flour (less the ½ cup you used to mix with the candy). To this add the candy/flour mixture and 1 cup of coconut. Pour into greased tube pan and bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Icing

½ cup orange juice
1 ½ cups confectioner's sugar

Beat until stiff and pour over hot cake (after cake is removed from the pan)