Name: Victory Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 1 Two layer cake, 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup shortening; 2 tablespoons grated orange rind; 1 cup white corn syrup; 2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour; 2 3/4 teaspoons baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 3 eggs; 1/2 cup milk; 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract

Recipe by Judy in MO

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This recipe is from my husband's grandmother's handwritten cookbook. It was a rationing program recipe written during the war years.

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ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup shortening
2 tablespoons grated orange rind
1 cup white corn syrup
2 ¹⁄₄ cups sifted cake flour
2 ³⁄₄ teaspoons baking powder
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
3 eggs
¹⁄₂ cup milk
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons lemon extract

directions

Cream shortening and orange rind.
Gradually beat in syrup blending for one minute.
Add 1/4 of dry ingredients.
Add eggs one at a time beating after the addition of each.
Add the remaining flour and milk with flavoring added alternately.
Bake in two eight inch cake pans in a moderate oven (350°F) for 30 minutes.
Frost with lemon frosting.

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"This recipe is from my husband's grandmother's handwritten cookbook. It was a rationing program recipe written during the war years."

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creation by Judy in MO

8/13/2002

This recipe is from my husband's grandmother's handwritten cookbook. It was a rationing program recipe written during the war years.