Orange Custard Cake

Ingredients

• one and one-half cups sugar
• one cup butter
• two and one-half cups flour
• five well beaten eggs
• four teaspoons sweet milk
• two teaspoons baking powder
• Two whole oranges grated with peel of one
• two tablespoons butter
• two eggs

Method

1. 1

   Bake the cake in layers.

2. 2

   For filling, beat together the grated oranges, sugar, butter, and eggs, then boil until thick, stirring to prevent burning.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 63. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two eggs, two cups sugar and the table- spoon orange juice. Frost top also. Orange Custard Cake.^^ne and one-half cups sugar; one cup butter, two and one-half cups flour, five well beaten eggs, four tea- spoons sweet milk, two teaspoons baking powder. Bake in layers. For filling : Two whole oranges grated with peel of one ; one cup sugar, two tablespoons butter

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