Dessert
Orange layer cake
Orange layer cake, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cream three tablespoonfuls of butter with two cupfuls of sugar, add the beaten yolks.
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- Cream three tablespoonfuls of butter with two cupfuls of sugar, add the beaten yolks of five eggs, the juice and half the grated rind of an orange, and three cupfuls of flour—or enough for a batter—sifted with two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder.
- Last of all, fold in the stiffened whites of three eggs.
Historical transcription
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Cream three tablespoonfuls of butter with two cupfuls of sugar, add the beaten yolks of five eggs, the juice and half the grated rind of an orange, and three cupfuls of flour—or enough for a batter—sifted with two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Last of all, fold in the stiffened whites of three eggs. Bake in layer tins.
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