1 c. butter
4 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
4 c. flour
3 lbs. orange slices, chopped
1 (6 oz.) frozen orange juice
1/2 c. brown sugar, packed
2 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. buttermilk
1 lb. chopped dates
1 lb. chopped nuts
1 lb. candied cherries

Cream butter and sugar; add eggs one at a time and beat well. Add soda to buttermilk and stir into sugar mixture. Mix flour and salt together; gradually add to mixture. Now use the last of the flour to coat orange slice pieces, dates, nuts and cherries. Hand stir them into the cake mixture.

This makes a large cake. I use a 6-quart pressure cooker pan and insert a center tube into it to bake it in. Bake slowly at 275 degrees for about 3 1/2 hours. Make glaze of orange juice and brown sugar. Pour over hot cake.