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Orange Ice Box Cake
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This hand-written index card in my mother-in-law's collection says the recipe is from Mrs. Warren Gilbert. The spelling of “gelatin” is correct given the age of the recipe.
Servings: 14 to 15
Servings: 14-15
Ingredients
- water
- 1 c. sugar
- 2 tbsp. unflavored gelatine
- 2 tbsp. lemon juice
- oranges
- 2 eggs
- 2 c. whipping cream
- ½ lb. marshmallows
- 24 lady fingers
- 1 c. chopped nuts
- ice cream
Steps
- Beat eggs.
- Squeeze enough oranges to get 1-c. juice, saving the pulp of 1 orange.
- Whip cream.
- Cut up marshmallows
- Put sugar & 2-c. water into saucepan; boil for 20-mins.
- Put gelatin in small heat-proof container, add just enough cold water to cover; then stir to dissolve.
- Pour boiling syrup over gelatin & stir.
- When gelatin is thoroughly dissolved & slightly cool, beat in eggs; then beat in lemon juice.
- Strain gelatin mixture; then stir in orange juice & pulp.
- Place gelatin in refrigerator to congeal.
- When gelatin is set, beat with a wire whisk till light. (This recipe predates electric mixers, but that's what I’d use one.)
- Mix marshmallows with whipped cream; then stir into orange gelatin mixture.
- Fold nuts into gelatin.
- Line ring mold or deep cake pan with lady fingers; then pour gelatin mixture into mold.
- Refrigerate for 12-hrs.
- Unmold & serve with with ice cream.