Make an old-fashioned candy-flower-studded chintz cake (1941) - Click Americana

Ingredients

• 4 cups of Presto Cake flour (divided)
• 1 cup of butter or shortening
• 2 cups of sugar
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla
• 1-1/2 teaspoon of grated orange rind
• 3 egg yolks (lightly beaten)
• 3 egg whites (beaten stiff)
• 1-1/2 cups of water
• Small orange-colored candies or candied orange peel
• Pistachio nuts
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 2-1/2 cup of confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon of grated orange rind
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
• Orange juice