An All-Time Favorite Recipe: Orange Meringue Cake

Recipe Tips:

1. When you beat together the butter and sugar in this recipe, it is called creaming. Creaming creates air bubbles in the cake batter, and yields a good cake texture. It takes about 3 minutes with a standing mixer, longer with a portable mixer.

2. It is important when making meringue that your bowl, beaters, and spatula be free of all fat; otherwise it will not whip properly. Wash all in hot, sudsy water and dry well.

Kitchen Tips:

When using margarine for baking, choose one that contains no less than 60 percent vegetable oil, according to the Better Homes and Gardens test kitchen bakers. Spreads that contain less vegetable oil and more water can affect the texture and overall quality of your baked goods, they say. For example, biscotti made with an extra light margarine or spread won't be as crisp as expected. When shopping for margarine or other spreads, the BH&G test kitchen bakers recommend carefully reading package labels (especially the fine print) to see how much vegetable oil is in a product.

Related Web Links:

Get more kitchen tips and expert recipes from the food editors of Better Homes and Gardens magazine in the FOOD channel of the Better Homes and Gardens Web site at http://www.bhg.com/food.

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