Lemon Icebox (Or Freezer) Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 lemon (peel grated & juice strained)
    1 1/2 oranges (peel grated & juice strained)
    1 cup butter
    1 cup sugar
    3 eggs (separated)
    15 ladyfingers (or 1 already cooked pound cake, cut in fingers)
Preparation
    Cream butter & sugar together.
    Add egg yolks, grated lemon peel, grated orange peel + the strained juices & mix well.
    Beat the egg whites till stiff & fold them into the butter mixture.
    Line the bottom of a 1-qt mold or cake tin w/ladyfingers (or pound cake fingers) & cover them w/a layer of the butter mixture.
    Repeat for as many layers as you can, ending w/ladyfingers or pound cake on top.
    Refrigerate overnite or freeze for at least 2 hours & then unmold to serve.
    Idea Option: Sub lime for the lemon? Yum!

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