Another old family recipe here. There are three variations written down. Marked on the recipe card after the title, with a different pen and handwriting: “(1 ½, really)”. With that warning in mind, we begin. 1 ½ cups flour1 cup sugar2 teaspoons baking powder1 tablespoon orange extract½ teaspoon vanilla extract½ teaspoon salt2/3 cup milk1/3 cup Crisco1… Continue reading 2 Dozen Cupcakes
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Orange Frosting
3 tablespoons butter, softened2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted1 teaspoon orange extract1/8 teaspoon salt3 tablespoons milk Beat together 1 cup sugar, the butter and the salt, beating thoroughly until light and fluffy. With mixer at medium, add remaining cup of sugar, about one third of the sugar alternating with one of the tablespoons of milk. Beat… Continue reading Orange Frosting
Vallot’s Yogurt Orange Cake
I found this one in the Letters section in a long-ago Gourmet Magazine. Letter-writers would often share recipes that they collected (as this linked recipe was) from cooks, chefs, and hoteliers while traveling. The story behind the recipe is that vacationers asked owners of a small French hotel, M. and Mme. Vallot, for their cake… Continue reading Vallot’s Yogurt Orange Cake
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