Orange Cake

Ingredients

• Two cupfuls of sugar
• two of flour
• five eggs
• one teaspoonful of cream of tartar
• half a teaspoonful of soda
• the juice and rind of one orange

Method

1. 1

   Beat the eggs very light, then add the sugar, and beat until frothy.

2. 2

   Now add the orange.

3. 3

   Mix the soda and cream of tartar with the flour, and rub through a sieve onto the beaten eggs and sugar.

4. 4

   Stir well, and bake in deep tin plates.

5. 5

   There will be enough for six plates.

6. 6

   When baked, put a thin layer of icing between the cakes, and cover the pie with icing.

7. 7

   There should be three cakes in a pie.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Ransom's family receipt book, 1886 (1886) by D. Ransom, Son & Co, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Two cupfuls of sugar, two of flour, five eggs, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half a teaspoonful of soda, the juice and rind of one orange

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