Orange Slice Candy Cake Two Versions Recipes

Steps:

• 1. VERSION ONE: Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Add 1 cup of buttermilk and beat well. In seperate bowl, mix 1/2 cup buttermilk and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture and combine. In seperate bowl, combine flour and salt. Add to mixture. Add orange slice, and craisins and nuts if desired, and blend. Pour into well greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 275 degrees for 2 and a half hours. In a bowl, add brown sugar to orange juice concentrate and let stand while cake bakes. Pour on cake while hot. Let cake cool in pan before removing.
• 2. VERSION TWO: in a large bowl, mix all ingredients in this order: pecans, orange slices, dates, coconut, butter, eggs, flour, sugar, soda, buttermilk. Mix well. Pour into greased and floured pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 2 hours. Let cool completely in pan, then serve.

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• 1. CAKE: Cream butter and sugar. Add one egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Add ONE CUP of the buttermilk, beat well.Add baking soda to the other 1/2 cup butter milk then add to mixture. Combine flour and salt, add the orange candy slices to flour mixture, coat candy, then add dates and nuts. Blend well. This is a very thick batter so use a big wooden spoon to blend.
• 2. Spray a Tube Pan with Cooking Spray and line the bottom with well greased brown paper or greased parchment paper 3 layers thick. Measure bottom of pan to cut and fit paper.
• 3. Bake in a preheated 250 degree F. oven for 2 hours and 30 minutes. (this cake is heavy). Remove to rack and glaze immediately.
• 4. GLAZE: Mix the thawed orange juice and brown sugar. LET THIS STAND AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AS CAKE BAKES. Pour on hot cake when it comes out of oven. Let cake Completely cool (can spread a towel over cooled cake still in pan and leave out over night). Turn out on to cake plate. Should come out of pan real easy. Wrap cake with orange juice soaked cheese cloth and cover real well with foil. Re soak the cheese cloth with orange juice twice each week. The cake does well to keep refrigerated several days... keep it's location a secret... HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the applesauce, eggs and buttermilk. In a large bowl, combine the orange slices, pecans, coconut, cherries, dates and 1 cup of flour; toss to coat. Combine the baking soda, salt and remaining flour; add to the buttermilk mixture. Fold in orange slice mixture. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 300° for 1-3/4 to 2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

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.

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• Make the caramel:
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Lightly butter the cake pan. Slice the oranges as thinly as you can (about 1/8 to 1/4-inch thick), preferably using a mandoline and picking out seeds as you go; set aside.
• Make sure you have all the ingredients for the caramel ready to go before you begin cooking it. In a medium pot, combine the sugar and 6 tablespoons water and place over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil and cook, swirling the pan occasionally, until the mixture turns a medium-dark amber color, about 10 minutes. Remove pot from heat and carefully stir in the butter and salt until incorporated. Pour the caramel into the buttered cake pan.
• Starting in the center of the pan, layer the orange slices on top of the caramel, overlapping a bit and working your way toward the outer edge (you may not need to use all the orange slices). Set pan aside.
• Make the cake:
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In a separate large bowl, use an electric mixer to cream the butter and sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, and then blend in the vanilla and orange zest.
• Add the flour mixture in three parts, alternating with the buttermilk, beating just to combine. Spoon the batter in dollops over the oranges in the cake pan, being careful not to move them around too much. Smooth the top of the batter with a wet offset spatula or the back of a spoon. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through.
• With an offset spatula or a butter knife, loosen any parts of the cake that seem to be sticking to the side of the pan. Invert the cake onto a plate or platter while it's still hot. Let cool until warm or room temperature, then cut into wedges with a serrated knife to serve.

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 with gr.
• sugar, add eggs, one at a time.
• Creaming well after each.
• Dissolve soda in buttermilk.
• Alternate butter mixture and 3 1/2 C flour.
• Mix remaining 1/2 C flour with dates, candy pieces,& nuts.
• Add to flour mixture with coconut.
• Pour batter into 10 inch tube pan (greased& floured) Bake 250* for 3 hours.
• Frost with Orange Candy Frosting.
• NOTES: This cake may be kept in refrigerator two weeks if wrapped in foil or plastic.