Orange Cake Suggested by Aylmer Macpherson

Name: Orange Cake Suggested by Aylmer Macpherson
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter; 1 cup sugar; 2 eggs; 1 orange, minced; 1/2 cup sour cream; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 dash salt; 2 cups flour

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"I bought an old cookbook at an auction years ago. It's published in 1889. Inside are various clippings many dated in the early 1930's. One of them is this recipe. "Aylmer MacPherson suggests....". I gather Aylmer had some kind of cooking column. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find out any further information, not even the newspaper it was clipped from. The other dated clippings however are from a Toronto Ontario paper.... This cake is very light and moist. The flavour is simply wonderful, and it's all from the orange. No extract in this recipe at all. You could probably drizzle it with an orange glaze, but I opted for a dusting of icing sugar. I have altered the recipe a bit, but have made a note below of the original ingredients incase someone would like to give it a go. I certainly may later on, but not today ;)..."

INGREDIENTS

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1/2 cup butter

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1 cup sugar

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2 eggs

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1 orange, minced

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1/2 cup sour cream

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1 teaspoon baking soda

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1 dash salt

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2 cups flour

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