Orange Cake
A historical recipe from My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec, by Various.
A historical recipe
My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec, by Various. Project Gutenberg eBook #21826.
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Source and licence
From My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec, by Various. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #21826 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21826). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
- Two cups of flour
- one cup of sugar
- one half cup milk
- two teaspoons baking powder
- one tablespoon butter
- one tablespoon orange juice
- one tablespoon each of lemon juice
- two eggs
- one egg
Method
- MISS FRY.
- Two cups of flour, one cup of sugar, one half cup milk, two teaspoons baking powder, one tablespoon butter, one tablespoon orange juice, two eggs.
- Beat eggs and sugar, add butter (melted), orange juice and rind of one orange, then milk.
- Add flour and powder and bake one half hour.
- Filling:--juice and rind of one orange, one tablespoon each of lemon juice and cornstarch, two tablespoons sugar, one teaspoon butter, one egg.
- Put orange juice rind, and lemon juice into a cup, then fill with cold water.
- When it boils, add cornstarch with cold water.
- Beat yolk of egg with sugar, add this, then butter.
- When cold spread between layers.
- Icing.
- Beat whites of two eggs, add three fourths cup powdered sugar.