* Exported from MasterCook * ORANGE CREAM CAKE Recipe By : Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Desserts Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 2 c Cake flour, sifted 2 ts Baking powder 1/2 c Butter 1 c Sugar -- sifted 2/3 c Milk 1 t Vanilla 3 Egg white -- stiffly beaten -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 -SEVEN MINUTE FROSTING- 2 Egg white -- unbeaten 1 1/2 c Sugar 5 tb -- Water, cold 1/2 ts Salt 1 t Vanilla 2 Marshmallow -- cut in eighths 1 t Corn syrup, light Servings: 12 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -