Quote from a kid who ate this yesterday: "If this cake were in a contest it would win!" (no prompting). It was at my son's 8th birthday party and the kids & adults all loved it. I overmixed the batter because I was anxious about blending everything enough... so the 3 cakes shrank a lot after cooling and were dense and firm like eggy pound cake. I thought I had ruined it - even went to 2 bakeries to try & buy something last minute - and was worried the smaller size wouldn't be enough for 11 boys. But my daughter convinced me to forge ahead and make the icing and she was right - the cake was great, sliced thinly, and we had a quarter of it left over. The only thing I would do differently next time (for me) is be careful not to have too large pieces of grated orange peel in the icing. I discovered the zest isn't quite the same texture as lemon zest. Thanks for posting the recipe.

Reviewed On: Jul. 24, 2009