Orange Fruitcake

Name: Orange Fruitcake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: makes 2 loaves
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 c butter,soft; 2 c granulated sugar; 4 large eggs; 1/2 c buttermilk; 1 tsp baking soda; 2 c chopped pecans; 3 1/2 c all purpose flour; 1 lb bag orange slice candy, cut up fine with floured scissors; 14 oz pkg. coconut; 1/2 c orange juice; 1 c powdered sugar

By Pat Duran
@kitchenChatter

This delicious fruitcake is made with coconut, orange slice candy pieces, and chopped pecans.This was my Grandma Gallimore's recipe reinvented by me..she used pineapple, orange custard and pecans -I'll post hers later.
You can find my recipe in my cookbook on page 72-bottom-left.

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Serves:

makes 2 loaves

Prep:

15 Min

Cook:

2 Hr 30 Min

Method:

Bake

Ingredients

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1 c

butter,soft
2 c

granulated sugar
4 large

eggs
1/2 c

buttermilk
1 tsp

baking soda
2 c

chopped pecans
3 1/2 c

all purpose flour
1 lb

bag orange slice candy, cut up fine with floured scissors
14 oz

pkg. coconut
1/2 c

orange juice
1 c

powdered sugar

How to Make Orange Fruitcake

Step-by-Step

Preheat oven to 275^ Spray 2 loaf pans with no-stick cooking oil.(I like to put a piece of waxed paper in the bottom of the pans and spray it too-makes it easier to remove from pan)..
Cream butter and sugar;add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Roll nuts and candy pieces in the 3 cups of flour to coat and stir them and the flour into the egg mixture.
Add the soda to the buttermilk and stir in with the remaining 1/2 cup of flour. Pour evenly into the 2 prepared pans. Bake for 2 1/2 hours or until tested done.Remove from oven and leave in pans for 6 hours. Remove from pans, remove waxed paper from bottom of cakes.
Frost with mixture of powdered sugar and orange juice glaze.