Orange Ice Box Cake
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
8 eggs, separated
2 level tablespoons gelatin
one-half cup cold water
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 cup orange juice
three-quarters teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons grated orange zest
1 and one-half dozen ladyfingers, split
Recipe
Beat yolks. Add salt, orange juice, and half of sugar. Cook over boiling water until thick like custard. Add gelatin (which has been dissolved in water), lemon juice, orange zest and cool. Beat egg whites and add rest of sugar. Fold into custard. Line spring mold pan with ladyfingers around bottom and sides (and tube, if using tube pan). Pour custard into mold. Chill overnight.
For Icing:
one-half pint cream, whipped
1 and one-third teaspoon lemon juice
1 and one-third tablespoon grated orange zest
Make icing by combining cream, juice, zest. Unmold cake and frost. Decorate with orange slices and cherries. Keep refrigerated until ready for presentation.
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