Ingredients:

Cake:

2 c 3 1 1/2 c 1/4 c 3 c 1 tsp 1/4 tsp 1 T 1 T 3 c 1 c 1 c

butter, for greasing pan sugar eggs vegetable oil orange juice all-purpose flour baking soda salt ground cinnamon vanilla extract and finely chopped apples shredded coconut chopped pecans

Sauce:

1/2 c 1 c 1/2 c 1/2 tsp

(1 stick) butter sugar buttermilk baking soda

Procedure:

Cake:  

1. Preheat the oven to 325° F.
2. Generously grease a tube pan.
3. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, eggs, oil, orange juice, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract; and mix well.
4. Fold apples, coconut, and pecans into batter.
5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a tester comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours.

Shortly before the cake is done, make the sauce:

Sauce:  

1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan, stir in the sugar, buttermilk, and baking soda, and bring to a good rolling boil, stirring constantly.
2. Boil for 1 minute.
3. Pour the sauce over the hot cake in the pan as soon as you remove it from the oven.
4. Let stand 1 hour, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.