Orange Slice Fruitcake

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb	454g / 16oz	Orange slice candy - cut up
2 cups	292g / 10oz	Pecans - chopped
8 oz	227g	Dates - cut up
1 cup	93g / 3.3oz	Coconut - grated
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	All-purpose flour - divided
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Butter
1 1/2 cups	297g / 10oz	Sugar
4		Eggs
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/2 cup	118ml	Buttermilk
1/4 cup	59ml	Orange juice
1/4 cup	59ml	Lemon juice
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Sugar
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Butter

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 300F. Generously, grease and flour a tube pan; set aside.

Mix together candy, pecans, dates, coconut and 1/4 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.

Source:
McCalls Cooking School

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