Orange Cake

Ingredients

• 4 ripe oranges
• 1 lb sugar
• 1 lb butter
• 14 oz flour
• 10 eggs

Directions

1. Roll oranges on counter top until quite soft.
2. Cut off yellow rind of oranges.
3. Cut oranges in half and juice oranges through strainer.
4. Mix sugar and orange juice together.
5. Add sugar and orange mixture into a pan along with the butter cut into pieces.
6. Stir mixture until perfectly light.
7. Sift flour into a separate pan.
8. Beat the eggs until very light and thick.
9. Add eggs and flour, alternating, into the butter and sugar mixture until all is added.
10. Beat the whole mixture vigorously.
11. Pour mixture into a large, shallow, square pan that has been well-buttered.
12. Transfer pan to brisk oven to properly bake.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Hannah Taylor
Louisiana Anthology
December 8, 2019