Fresh Orange Cake
Cake Ingredients :
3 cups sifted cake flour
3 tsp. baking powder.
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup soft shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 Tbsp. grated orange rind
1/2 cup orange juice
2/3 cup milk
Icing Ingredients :
1/2 cup butter
2 tsp. grated orange rind
1/8 tsp.salt
1 egg yolk
1 pkg.powder. sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
Cake Instructions :
Grease 2- 9 inch layer cake pans, dust lightly with flour. Sift flour baking powder. and salt together.Combine shortening, sugar,eggs, and orange rind in large bowl, beat at high speed 3 min. Remove from mixer, stir in flour mixture alternately with orange juice and milk beating well after each addition. Pour in pans bake 350 oven for 30 min.
Icing Instructions :
Combine butter orange rind, salt and egg yolk. Beat till blended, add sugar alternately with orange juice. When cake is cooled spread on icing. Enjoy.