| 1/2 | cup brown sugar, firmly packed |
| 8 | or 9 orange slices, 3/8 inch thick (cut in fourths) |
Sprinkle brown sugar in Spry-coated 8 × 8-inch pan. Arrange oranges on sugar. Then make batter.
| Dry Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1-1/4 | cups sifted cake flour[3] |
| 3/4 | cup sugar |
| 2 | teaspoons baking powder (with a tartrate powder, use 2-1/2 teaspoons) |
| 1/2 | teaspoon salt |
| 1/3 | cup Spry |
| Liquid Ingredients | |
| 1/2 | cup milk |
| 1 | teaspoon vanilla |
| 1 | egg |
SIFT flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into mixing bowl.... DROP in Spry.... ADD milk and vanilla and beat 150 strokes.... SCRAPE bowl and spoon often throughout entire mixing.... ADD egg and beat 150 strokes.... POUR batter over oranges and sugar in pan.... BAKE in moderately hot oven (375° F.) 30-40 minutes.... SERVE warm upside down. Maraschino cherries can be used for decoration.
MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR SUGAR!
If low on sugar, you can still make these cakes. Follow these sugar-thrifty tips.
Gloria Chocolate Layer Cake. Use only 3/4 cup sugar, add 3/4 cup light corn sirup, reduce milk to 1/2 cup. Add all of corn sirup (after dropping in Spry), then 1/2 of milk, and beat 150 strokes. Continue as in recipe.
Marbled Spice Cake. Follow same directions as for Gloria Chocolate Layer Cake.
Filigree Devil’s Food Cake. Use only 3/4 cup sugar, add 1/2 cup dark corn sirup, reduce milk to 3/4 cup. Add all of corn sirup (after dropping in Spry), then about 2/3 of milk, and beat 150 strokes. Continue as in recipe.
Sugar-Saving Seven Minute Frosting. Mix in double boiler: 1 egg white, 1/2 cup corn sirup, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar. Place over boiling water and beat 7 minutes. Remove from fire and add desired flavoring. Use this recipe for Golden Jubilee Frosting, Peerless Frosting, Cherry Fluff Frosting.