2 c Cake flour, sifted
2 ts Baking powder
1/2 c Butter
1 c Sugar; sifted
2/3 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla
3 Egg white; stiffly beaten
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-ORANGE FILLING*
3 tb Cake flour
1 c Sugar
1 Orange rind; grated
1/2 c Orange juice
3 tb Lemon juice
1/4 c ;Water
1 Egg; slightly beaten
2 ts Butter
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-SEVEN MINUTE FROSTING*
2 Egg white; unbeaten
1 1/2 c Sugar
5 tb ;Water, cold
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Vanilla
2 Marshmallow; cut in eighths
1 ts Corn syrup, light
Yield: 12
*=* CAKE*
Cake: Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, and sift together
three times. Cream shortening thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and
cream together until light and fluffy. Add flour, alternately with
milk, a small amount at a time. Beat after each addition until
smooth. Add vanilla. Fold in egg whites. Bake in two greased 9″ layer
pans in a 375 F. oven 25 to 30 minutes. Put layers together with
Orange Filling and cover top and sides of cake with Seven Minute
Frosting. Decorate with mandarin orange sections. Filling: Combine
ingredients in order given. Cook in a double boiler ten minutes,
stirring constantly. Cool. Frosting: Put egg whites, sugar, water,
corn syrup, and salt in top of double boiler and mix thoroughly.
Place over rapidly boiling water and beat constantly with a rotary
egg beater until the mixture will hold a peak (about seven minutes).
Remove from hot water, add vanilla and marshmallows and beat until
cool and thick enough to spread.
New Cake Secrets, 1931 from *Cakes Men Like by Benjamin Darling
Yields
12 Servings