Recipe - Orange Slice Fruitcake

1 pound Orange slice candy, cut up
2 cup Pecans, chopped
8 ounce Dates, cut up
1 cup Coconut; grated
2 cup Allpurpose flour, divided
1 cup Butter
1 One half cup Sugar
4 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
One half cup Buttermilk
One fourth cup Orange juice
One fourth cup Lemon juice
One fourth cup Sugar
One fourth cup Butter

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Generously, grease and flour a tube pan; set
aside. Mix together candy, pecans, dates, coconut and One fourth cup of the flour;
set aside. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a
time. Stir in vanilla. Mix together baking soda, salt and remaining 1 3/4
cup flour; add alternately with buttermilk to the butter mixture. Add nut
mixture; mix well. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 2 hours;
remove from oven. For glaze: In small saucepan, combine orange juice, lemon
juice, sugar and butter. Cook until sugar is dissolved. Spoon glaze over
warm cake.

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