Sunshine Cake, 1940

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I bought this cute little advertising cookbooklet called Some of My Favorite Good Things to Eat by Martha Lee Anderson, published in 1940, the other day and just had to try one of the recipes, for Sunshine Cake. 

I've never made one of these cakes before or heard of it, even. After I made it, I looked on the internet for other recipes, and saw that a lot of them call for way more eggs, and often more ingredients as well. I have to say, this turned out so moist and delicious, I don't feel like it needed more eggs or anything else at all. I didn't have the ingredients on hand to do the frosting. It was delicious and sweet and orangey as it was without it, but I think next time I will try the frosting too.

( Recipe behind the cut )