Candy Orange Slice Cake

45m
Prep Time
3h
Cook Time
3h 45m
Ready In


"One of my mother's recipes from the 1960s, and my oldest son's favorite!"

Original is 40 servings
  • ORANGE SAUCE

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (81.7 g)
  • Calories 251.1
  • Total Fat - 12.2 g
  • Saturated Fat - 4.8 g
  • Cholesterol - 45.7 mg
  • Sodium - 241.2 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 30.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 1 g
  • Sugars - 21 g
  • Protein - 6.3 g
  • Calcium - 16.5 mg
  • Iron - 0.7 mg
  • Vitamin C - 3.5 mg
  • Thiamin - 0.1 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Cream butter and sugar.

Step 2

Add eggs and beat well.

Step 3

In a separate large bowl, with your hands, combine RESERVED 1/2 cup flour with orange candy, dates, coconut, and pecans.

Step 4

Preheat oven to 250F.

Step 5

Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

Step 6

Combine buttermilk and baking soda.

Step 7

Add flour and buttermilk mixture alternately. Mix well.

Step 8

Stir in dredged fruit and nuts.

Step 9

Pour batter into a prepared 10-inch tube pan.

Step 10

Bake at 250F for 3 hours.

Step 11

Prepare Orange Sauce:

Step 12

Heat juice and dash of salt; add sugar and stir until sugar melts.

Step 13

Pour hot sauce over hot cake (while still in tube pan) - poke a few holes in cake so the sauce soaks into the cake.

Step 14

Cool completely before removing from pan.

Step 15

Slice thinly to serve.

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