Our Grandmother’s Orange Cake

Cake:

½ cup softened margarine

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

½ cup sour milk or buttermilk

2 unpeeled oranges, quartered, seeded, and ground (use food processor or meat grinder)

1 cup seedless raisins, ground

Frosting:

2 cups firmly packed brown sugar

½ cup evaporated milk

½ cup margarine

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Cream margarine and beat in sugar until light and smooth.  Add eggs, beating well.  Combine flour, baking soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour mild or buttermilk.  Add oranges and raisins, mixing well.  Pour batter into a greased and floured nine by thirteen-inch pan.  Bake about 30 minutes.  Cool completely.  To make frosting, combine sugar, milk, and margarine in a saucepan.  Boil two minutes.  Beat by hand until cool.  Stir in vanilla extract and nuts.  Spread over cake.

  Recipe from Atlanta Cooknotes