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Layer Cake with Orange Icing

From Royal Victoria cook book, 1900

Serves 10

JANET A. SPRY.

Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Royal Victoria cook book (1900) by Ont.). Woman's Auxiliary Royal Victoria Hospital (Barrie, page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LAYER CAKE WITH ORANGE ICING.—Two cups sugar, 1 tablespoon butter mixed well together, 2 eggs, ? cup milk and water, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder. Icing:—Take-an orange and grate the skin and squeeze the juice. Mix in 2 teaspoons milk, then thicken with icing sugar.

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