1½ cupfuls pulverized sugar, 1 tablespoonful warm water and grated rind and juice of half an orange. Mix all together to a cream and spread over cake.
FRAU SCHMIDT'S MOLASSES CAKE
- 1 pint of New Orleans molasses.
- ¾ cup butter and lard, mixed.
- 4 eggs.
- 1 cup sour milk
- 2 good teaspoonfuls soda.
- 4 cups flour.
- Grated rind of 1 orange.
Bake in a long dripping pan, cut out in square pieces, or it may be baked in a large pan used for fruit cake. It will fill two medium sized cake pans.
APPLE SAUCE CAKE