ORANGE SUNSHINE CAKE (Dena & Sam)

Orange Sunshine Cake
from The Farmer's Wife Baking Book
recipe submitted by L.H., Colorado
(submitted by Dena and Sam)

5 eggs, separated
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp cream of tartar

Beat egg yolks until thick and light, adding half of the sugar. Add orange juice and beat. Sift flour, salt and baking powder together three times and add. Beat whites until foamy, add cream of tartar, then rest of sugar gradually. Fold into other mixture. Bake in an ungreased tube pan in a very slow oven (325 F) for 1 hour. Cool, remove from the pan, and ice with whipped cream, very slightly sweetened. Sprinkle with grated orange rind.