orange slice candy cake (two versions)
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My grandmother used to make an orange slice cake that my grandfather loved. I don't have her recipe, but I found this in that cookbook my great aunt gave me. I found a second version of this cake in the same cookbook. It was slightly different and included coconut as well, so I've also listed that version below. **These recipes are from the Plummerville Homecoming Cookbook, 1994, and the recipe credit for the first version goes to Martha Ann Weatherby Anglin. The second version of this cake is from Betty Sue Adams Bowden.**
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prep time
15 Min
cook time
2 Hr 30 Min
method
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yield
Makes one tube cake.
Ingredients
- VERSION ONE:
- 2 sticks butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 - eggs
- 1 + 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 pound orange jelly candy slices, halved
- 1 pound dates, chopped (i'll be using craisins instead)
- 2 cups mixed nuts, chopped
- 1 small can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- VERSION TWO:
- 2 cups pecans, coarsely chopped
- 1 pound candy orange slices
- 1 pound dates, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups coconut
- 2 sticks butter, melted and cooled
- 4 - eggs, beaten
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
How To Make orange slice candy cake (two versions)
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Step 1VERSION ONE: Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Add 1 cup of buttermilk and beat well. In seperate bowl, mix 1/2 cup buttermilk and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture and combine. In seperate bowl, combine flour and salt. Add to mixture. Add orange slice, and craisins and nuts if desired, and blend. Pour into well greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 275 degrees for 2 and a half hours. In a bowl, add brown sugar to orange juice concentrate and let stand while cake bakes. Pour on cake while hot. Let cake cool in pan before removing.
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Step 2VERSION TWO: in a large bowl, mix all ingredients in this order: pecans, orange slices, dates, coconut, butter, eggs, flour, sugar, soda, buttermilk. Mix well. Pour into greased and floured pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 2 hours. Let cool completely in pan, then serve.
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