Orange Cake

Ingredients

• Three eggs
• their weight in butter
• their weight in sugar
• their weight in flour
• the grated rind of one orange
• half the juice
• a small teaspoonful of baking powder
• Six ounces of icing sugar

Method

1. 1

   Beat butter and sugar to a light cream; add two eggs and half the flour beaten well.

2. 2

   Then add the grated rind of one orange and half the juice; then put in the remainder of the flour, baking powder, and the third egg.

3. 3

   Bake half an hour.

4. 4

   For icing, mix icing sugar with enough orange juice to make it a thick cream.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Landmarks club cook book (1903) by The Landmarks club, Los Angeles, Calif., page 101. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ORANGE CAKE. Three eggs, their weight in butter, sugar and flour. Beat butter and sugar to a light cream ; add two eggs and half the 170 landmarks club cook book. flour beaten well. Then add the grated rind of one orange and half the juice; then put in the remainder of the flour, a small teaspoonful of baking powder and the third egg. Bake half hour. Icing (if desired) : Six ounces of icing sugar

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