| Preheat oven to 350. Cut orange peel into thin silvers. Mix peels with water and 1 cup sugar and boil for 5 minutes. Cover pan and let cool for at least 1/2 hour. In mixing bowl, cream butter with remaining sugar and add egg yolks, beating thoroughly. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and ginger. Alternately (a little at a time) add milk and dry ingredients to egg mixture. Fold in orange peel mixture. Beat egg whites until they are stiff; carefully fold into batter. Pour batter into well-greased bread pans and bake until toothpick inserted comes out clean, about 1 hour. Makes 1 large or 2 small loaves.
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