Lady Baltimore Cake (with Frosting)

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup fresh orange juice
• 2 egg whites
• 2/3 cup sugar (more if using fresh or unsweetened orange juice)
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 tablespoons orange juice
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons finely grated orange zest
• 1/2 cup pecans, toasted and finely chopped
• 1/2 cup raisins, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f.
• 2 butter and flour two 9 inch round cake pans. line the bottom of each with a circle of wax paper.
• 3 prepare the cake:.
• 4 toss the flour and baking powder together in a bowl.
• 5 in a mixing bowl, cream the eggs and sugar together just until blended. beat in the oil and orange juice, then slowly beat in the flour mixture just until smooth.
• 6 spoon the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake until an inserted toothpick comes out clean--about 30 minutes.
• 7 cool in the pans on wire racks for 30 minutes then remove the cake from the pans and let cool to room temperature on wire racks.
• 8 prepare the frosting:.
• 9 whisk the egg whites, sugar, baking powder, orange juice, lemon juice, and orange zest together in the top of a double boiler. cook over boiling water, beating constantly (and carefully!) with a hand-held electric mixer for 7 minutes. remove the pan from the heat. the frosting should be satiny and fluffy.
• 10 gently fold the pecans and raisins into the frosting and let the frosting sit for a few minutes.
• 11 fill the cake with frosting and spread over sides and top.
• 12 (decorate with candied orange zest (see candied orange zest (can be used for garnish/decoration for lady) if you want!).