Orange Cake Recipe 1

Ingredients for Orange Cake Recipe 1

• ½ cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 pint flour
• 1½ teaspoons baking-powder
• 1 teaspoon extract orange
• 1 cup milk

Instructions

1. Rub the butter and sugar to a cream; add the eggs, two at a time, beating five minutes after each addition; add the flour sifted with the powder, the milk, and extract; mix into a smooth, fine batter, put in a paper-lined cake-tin, and bake in a moderate oven 30 minutes.
2. When cool, cover the top with the following preparation: Whip the whites of 3 eggs to a dry froth; then carefully mix in 4 cups sugar and the juice, grated rind, and soft pulp, free of white pith and seeds of two sour oranges.