Ma's Cookbook

Orange Cake
 
Ingredients

1 orange, rind grated and juiced approximately 1/2 cup
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup butter
3 eggs
3 cups flour
3/4 tsp salt
4 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup water
2 tbsps lemon juice


Butter Frosting

icing sugar
1 tbsp butter
orange juice


Method

Mix orange rind into sugar and cream this with butter until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Sift flour, salt and baking powder. Add sifted ingredients in 3 parts to butter mixture alternately with orange juice, lemon juice and water. Bake in 2" deep or 3 shallow 9" cake pan. Bake in 375oF for 30 mins. Mix all frosting ingredients to make a goo and spread on cooled cake.

 

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