Strawberry-Orange Cake by
Source: Janice Gregory
Ingredients
8 Eggs/seperated
1 tbls. Orange peel
1/3 Cup Orange juice
3/4 Cup Sugar
1/2 teas. Salt
11/2 Cups Flour
1 teas. Cream of Tartar
3/4 Cup Sugar
3 Cups fresh strawberries
1 Envelop whipped topping mix
1/2 cup milk
1 teas. vanilla
3-4 oz. cream cheese(softened)
3 tbl. sugar
Instructions
In large mixer bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tartar at medium speed for about 1 minute or until soft peaks form. Gradually, add 3/4 cups of sugar; continue beating until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
In small mixer bowl, beat egg yolks at high speed until thick and lemon colored, about 6 minutes. Add orange peel. Gradually add orange juice, beating at low speed until blended. Turn mixer to medium speed; beat until tinck. Gradually add 3/4 cup sugar and the salt, beating until sugar dissolves.
Sprinkle about 1/4 of the flour over the yolk mixture. Gently fold in the flour just until blended. Repeat with remaining flour 1/4 at a time. Fold about 1 cup of th egg white mixture into the yolk mixture. Thoroughly fold yolk mixture into remaining whites.
Turn into ungreased 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees for about an hour or until ckae tests done. Invert cake in pan; cool. Using a spatula, loosen cake from pan and remove.
Split cake into 3 layers. Slice strawberries. Mix whipped topping with milk and vanilla. Add softened cream cheese and beat again. Stack cake layers with 1/3 of the cream and 1/2 of the berries between the layers. Top with remaining whipped cream and garnish with additional whole berries.
In small mixer bowl, beat egg yolks at high speed until thick and lemon colored, about 6 minutes. Add orange peel. Gradually add orange juice, beating at low speed until blended. Turn mixer to medium speed; beat until tinck. Gradually add 3/4 cup sugar and the salt, beating until sugar dissolves.
Sprinkle about 1/4 of the flour over the yolk mixture. Gently fold in the flour just until blended. Repeat with remaining flour 1/4 at a time. Fold about 1 cup of th egg white mixture into the yolk mixture. Thoroughly fold yolk mixture into remaining whites.
Turn into ungreased 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees for about an hour or until ckae tests done. Invert cake in pan; cool. Using a spatula, loosen cake from pan and remove.
Split cake into 3 layers. Slice strawberries. Mix whipped topping with milk and vanilla. Add softened cream cheese and beat again. Stack cake layers with 1/3 of the cream and 1/2 of the berries between the layers. Top with remaining whipped cream and garnish with additional whole berries.
Servings: 12