Sifted Ingredients:
- 1 1/3 cups sifted flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 12 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup hot water
- 1 Tbs. grated orange peel
- 1 tsp. orange essence
- 1 1/4 cups castor sugar
- Add orange juice and hot water gradually to egg yolks and beat well.
- Stir orange peel and orange essence.
- Add in sugar and beat well after each addition.
- Gently fold in flour till well blended.
- Pour mixture into a 10-in. (25-cm) tube pan.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 325°F for about 1 hr. or cake springs back when lightly pressed.
- Remove from oven to cool on a wire tray.
- Cut and serve.