Orange Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup cold water
• 4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 1 large sweet orange
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 egg whites

Instructions

1. Cream a cup of butter with two cups sugar.
2. Beat into it a cup of cold water.
3. Then add four cups flour thrice sifted with two teaspoonfuls baking powder, alternating the flour with three well-beaten eggs.
4. Flavor to taste and bake in layers.
5. For the orange frosting, cook together till it threads the strained juice and grated yellow peel of a large sweet orange with one cup sugar.
6. Then beat the hot syrup into two egg-whites whipped as stiff as possible.
7. Beat smooth and spread while hot, putting the cake together with it.