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Orange Quarters

A cake made from orange or sponge cake batter, baked and topped with orange icing.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Orange Quarters

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Make the cake

  1. Prepare an orange or sponge cake batter.

  2. Pour the batter into tins.

  3. Bake in a moderate oven at 350°F (175°C).

Finish

  1. Once baked, cover the cake with orange icing.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Orange or sponge cake batter
Forms the cake's structure and crumb as it bakes.
Orange icing
Adds sweetness, moisture and orange flavour to the finished cake.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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