Orange Slice Cake
["2 sticks butter", "1 1/2 c. sugar", "4 eggs", "1 tsp. vanilla flavoring", "2 c. plain flour", "1 tsp. soda", "1/2 c. buttermilk", "1/2 lb. pitted dates", "1 lb. orange slice candy, cut up", "2 cups pecans, chopped", "1 small can coconut"]
["Mix pecans, dates and candy.", "Dredge in 2 tablespoons of flour; add coconut.", "Melt butter and pour over first mixture; set aside.", "Beat eggs and sugar.", "Mix remaining flour and soda good. Add buttermilk.", "Pour first mixture over this.", "Use spoon to mix all together.", "Bake in a 10-inch tube pan (grease pan well), no smaller.", "Bake in preheated oven at 300\u00b0 for 2 hours.", "Cool before removing from tube pan."]
["butter", "sugar", "eggs", "vanilla flavoring", "flour", "soda", "buttermilk", "dates", "orange slice candy", "pecans", "coconut"]