Ingredients

For cake

2 sticks of unsalted butter (buy here)
4 eggs
½ cup of buttermilk (buy here)
1 pound of sugared dates, chopped (buy here)
1 pound of orange candy, thinly sliced (buy here)
2 cups of ruff chopped nuts or pecans (buy here)
2 cups of shredded coconut (buy here)
2 cups of sugar
1 teaspoon of baking soda (buy here)
3½ cups of all-purpose flour (buy here)
For glaze

2 cups of sugar
3¼ cup of orange juice (buy here)

Instructions

In a stand mixer, cream the butter and gradually add the sugar until fluffy
Beat the eggs one at a time until all four eggs are done and well incorporated in the mixer. Give your batter a little stir in between, if necessary
The next step is to add baking soda to your buttermilk and stir until it is dissolved. Add the mixture to the batter in the mixer and blend
In the mixing bowl, add flour, candy slices, shredded coconut, sugared dates, and nuts or pecans. Use your hands to mix them so you can break up any clumpy pieces
Transfer the batter from the mixer to the bowl and stir until well combined. You will see that the texture gets thick and quite stiff
Grease your tube pan and flour it
In this recipe for orange slice cake, the parchment paper is cut to place in the tube pan, but you can solely skip this step
Scoop the dough into the tube pan and tap down gently to fill the pan
Bake at 250°F for 2½ to 3 hours (the time will vary depending on the oven). Use a wooden toothpick or skewer to check for doneness. Once you insert it and it comes out clean, then the baking process is done
Take the pan out of the oven. Keep the cake in the pan and use with the toothpick or skewer again to poke holes in it
Make the glaze immediately because you will need to brush it while it is warm. Cook the sugar and the orange juice, keep stirring, and wait until the syrup is boiled and gets thick.
Brush the Brenda Gantt orange slice cake with the glaze so the glaze goes down in the holes
Cool it down for one night. In the morning, take it out of the pan and brush the sides with the remaining glaze. You will have a hard and heavy texture of cake on the outside but the glaze will keep the cake from drying out

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