Classic Southern Orange Slice Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour one 10 inch tube pan.
• In a mixing bowl, cream margarine and granulated sugar until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk and add to the creamed mixture.
• Place flour in a large bowl and add dates, orange slices, and nuts. Stir to coat each piece. Add flour mixture and coconut to creamed mixture. This makes a very stiff dough, so it will be necessary to stir with a wooden spoon.
• Pour batter into the tube pan. Bake for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. As soon as cake comes from oven, combine the orange juice and confectioners sugar and pour over hot cake. Let stand in pan overnight.

Steps:

• Sift flour and salt (if using); set aside.
• Combine orange slice candy, pitted dates, pecans and coconut; set aside.
• Beat butter until light. While beating, gradually add sugar. Beat eggs, then add to butter and sugar.
• Combine baking soda and buttermilk.
• Add milk alternating with flour mixture. Blend well after each addition.
• Add candy mixture, mixing well.
• Turn into a 10-inch tube pan that has been greased and floured. Bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes at 300 degrees.
• Remove from oven; combine orange juice and sugar and mix well.
• TOPPING Combine orange juice and sugar. Mix well. Pour over cake.

Steps:

• Cream butter & sugar, add eggs (1 at a time) beating after each one.
• Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk. Add to creamed mixture.
• Add dates and orange slice to flour to coat. Add coconut.
• Combine the two mixtures.
• Makes stiff dough that should be mixed with your hands.
• Bake in a greased and floured 13x9x3 pan at 250* for 2 ½ hours.
• Combine orange juice and powered sugar and our over the hot cake. Let it stand over night before serving.

Steps:

• Cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add eggs. Add flour and baking soda alternately with buttermilk. Add orange juice. Fold in pecans, dates, and candy orange slices that have been dredged in the reserved flour (also add the reserved flour). Fold in coconut. Bake at 250° in a greased and floured tube pan 11/2 hours, or until cake tester comes out clean. Glaze: Boil until sugar is dissolved.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in orange juice and zest. Add flour to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition., Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a large bowl, beat butter until light and fluffy. Add the confectioners' sugar, orange juice and zest; beat until smooth. Spread glaze between layers and over the top and sides of cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Cream the butter and the sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time beating after each addition.
• Dissolve the baking soda in the butter milk and add it to the egg mixture, beating well.
• In a large bowl mix the flour, dates, candy, nuts and coconut. Mix to coat. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and combine well. Dough will be very stiff and may require mixing with your hands. Place dough into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Mix the orange juice and confectioners' sugar together and pour over the hot cake. Let cake stand in pan overnight before serving.