This tangy and creamy cake adds something sweet to your tailgate.
Gator Orange Cake
Servings 12
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups self-rising flour
- 3 ½ cups sugar
- ½ cup shortening
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 oranges
- Cream Cheese Frosting
Instructions
Directions
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Sift the flour and 1 ½ cups sugar together. Cream the shortening in a mixer bowl until light and fluffy. Add the flour mixture. Add the eggs and ¼ cup of the milk.
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Beat for 1 minute. Add the remaining ¾ cup milk and vanilla. Beat for 2 minutes.
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Pour into 2 greased and floured 8- or 9-inch round cake pans.
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Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until the cake tests done.
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Let cool.
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Juice the oranges, reserving 1 cup juice. Grate the orange peel. Remove and discard the seeds and pulp. Combine the orange peel, 2 cups sugar and reserved juice in a saucepan. Cook until the mixture forms a light syrup. Spoon the syrup over the cake layers.
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Both the cake and icing freeze well separately.
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