Yummy Simple Cake

 Super Delicious Hint of Orange Cake

This is probably the simplest recipe for an amazing tasting cake.

When I was 12 or 13, I went to the CNE with my friend. We entered all manner of contests, particularly at the food building. A few weeks later, I received a package in the mail from St. Lawrence Starch Company. Exciting! It contained all kinds of goodies...corn oil, corn syrup, and a cookbook.

At the time, we lived in a subdivision in the outskirts, and my parents worked in the city, so I often made dinner and desserts for when they got home. I could hardly wait to try some of the new recipes with my free products. The most interesting to me was this cake recipe.

I lost the recipe for quite a while, then remembered I had submitted it to a church cookbook in the mid 60’s. After asking around, I finally retrieved the recipe so I’m now writing it out so that I might keep it safe.

3/4 cup shortening (I used butter)

1 1/2 cups sugar

3 egg yolks (save whites for later)

2 1/4 cup flour

3 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup orange juice

3/4 cup cold water

1 tbsp grated orange rind

3 egg whites stiffly beaten

Beat together shortening, sugar and egg yolks until very fluffy and light coloured. Sift flour, baking powder, an salt together and add alternately with orange juice and water.

Beat well after each addition. Stir in orange rind and fold in beaten egg whites.

Bake in spring form pan 350 for 30-35 minutes or until light golden brown. Size of pan depends on how many layers you want to make this into. Larger for two layers, smaller for three. Make buttercream frosting and use filling of your choice for layers.

Birthday Cake

I used buttercream frosting and filling with chocolate shavings (chocolate goes great with orange). You could use prepared frosting in a can if desired. I tossed some sprinkles on the outside of the cake. I was sorry I used a premade tube for the lettering on top...it ran and the letters spread, but oh well...cake tasted fantastic. 

                                                                                                                    

This is the original cookbook and the cake with fondant Garfield. 

***Today I learned that you can't paint fondant. I used white and painted it with food colouring because the store was out of orange. It didn't dry and was somewhat messy and challenging to assemble.