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Orange Slice Cake I
Barbara
"Excellent for the holidays. Better baked ahead of time. DELICIOUS flavor gets better with age."
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Ingredients
servings 732Original recipe yields 14 servings (1 tube cake)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Sift flour and salt together.
- Cream butter or margarine and sugar well. Add eggs, flour mixture, soda, and buttermilk; mix well. Fold in orange slices, dates, nuts, and coconut. Pour batter into a greased and floured tube pan.
- Bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 1 3/4 to 2 hours. Remove cake from oven. Mix together juice and confectioner's sugar; pour over hot cake while still in pan. Cool cake in pan for 20 minutes. Turn out onto cake plate. Cool completely.
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Most helpful positive review
10/29/2008
Fruit cake haters beware. This cake is much like a "poor man's" fruit cake with orange slice candy rather than candied fruit. I've used recipes similar to this one that adds pineapples, no nut...
Most helpful critical review
6/16/2008
This was a bomb. Tasted good, but scared off the fruitcake-wary folks, too sweet for some, and not at all kid friendly. Orange slice cake 2 (on this website) is nearly identical but in a 9x13 ...
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10/29/2008
Fruit cake haters beware. This cake is much like a "poor man's" fruit cake with orange slice candy rather than candied fruit. I've used recipes similar to this one that adds pineapples, no nut...
3/29/2005
My grandmother has made this same recipe for years, and it is absolutely fabulous. It has a very similar texture to a fruitcake, but it's sooo much better! The only difference in my recipe is ...
12/26/2006
This cake gets rave reviews and everyone always asks for the recipe. I added a couple tablespoons of orange marmalade to the glaze for an added orange kick....great stuff.
12/5/2009
My mother made this every Christmas since the 1960's. The only difference - her recipe called for 2 tablespoons of grated orange peel and was baked at 325. She always used a large (16 x 5 x 5) l...
12/17/2008
This must be a Southern recipe. All my age-50+ friends in Atlanta, GA absolutely loved it. Brought back memories for them of Christmases past. I cut it into 24 slices.
12/1/2009
I had never even HEARD of orange slice cake before, and a girl I work with wanted to know if I would make her one......(I made decorated cakes as a hobby/2nd job)...so I tried this recipe, and i...
6/16/2008
This was a bomb. Tasted good, but scared off the fruitcake-wary folks, too sweet for some, and not at all kid friendly. Orange slice cake 2 (on this website) is nearly identical but in a 9x13 ...
12/16/2015
My grandma made this every year for as long as I can remember. Since my grandma passed away in 2010, I now make it every year. Everyone loved It then and still loves it year after year!