Orange Cake

Ingredients

• Butter, 1/2 cup
• Eggs, 2
• Sugar, 1 cup
• Milk, i/2 cup
• Orange, !/£.
• Baking powder, 2 teaspoons
• Flour, iy2 cups

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar and add juice and grated rind of the orange.

2. 2

   Mix and sift flour and baking powder.

3. 3

   To the butter and sugar, add one unbeaten egg and beat thoroughly, add a little flour and second egg.

4. 4

   Beat well and alternate remaining flour with milk.

5. 5

   When all is thoroughly mixed bake in a moderate oven about 30 minutes.

6. 6

   Frost with orange frosting.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mary Jane's cook book (1916) by Mary Jane, Sophie D. Coe, page 18. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ORANGE CAKE. Butter, 1/2 cup. Eggs, 2. Sugar, 1 cup. Milk, i/2 cup. Orange, !/£. Baking powder, 2 teaspoons. Flour, iy2 cups

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