Orange blossom cake with orange frosting

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Butter; softened -- room
Temp
2 cups Sugar -- sifted
3⅓ cup Flour
4 teaspoons Baking powder
1 cup Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
½ teaspoon Orange flavoring
6 Egg whites -- beaten until
Sti
1 cup Orange marmalade
** fluffy orange frosting
¼ cup Sugar
½ teaspoon Cream of tartar
⅛ teaspoon Salt
2 Egg whites
¼ cup Cold water
1 teaspoon Orange flavoring
½ teaspoon Vanilla extract

Directions

Recipe by: FWDS07A Pat Dwigans Add flour and baking powder and salt alternately with milk. Add vanilla a nd orange flavoring. Finally fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites. Divid e equally between three 9 inch layer cake pans greased and floured. Bak e at 375 about 20-25 minutes or until it tests done. Turn out to cool fo r at least 20 minutes before turning upright. When layers are cool assemb le cake as follows:

Put bottom layer on a plate and spread lightly with orange marmalade.

Put second layer upside down on bottom layer and spread it with marmalade, t hen put the third layer on the cake top side up. Spread generously with f luffy orange frosting.

Orange frosting: Fill a large saucepan with about 3 inches of water.

Hea t until water begins to simmer. Turn heat off. Then in a 2 quart straight sided heat proof bowl combine the sugar, cream of tartar, salt, egg whites and cold water. Reheat water in pan until it is again simmering , but not boiling. Set bowl in hot water and beat with rotary beater unti l frosting stands in peaks about 5-7 minutes.

Remove from water add orang e flavoring and vanilla and beat a few minutes longer to blend and to firm up the frosting.

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