Orange cake ???

Melonade

Cake is a sucsess :T OH wouldn't let it cool and I made the icing a bit runny so it run all down the side of the bit I cut for him lol. He put it in the fridge while he made a cuppa... couldn't wait any longer so he ate it. He said it was lovely, moist and really orangey He's not scared of telling me the truth about something I bake so it really is nice.

Thanks everyone for the advice, I wasn't convinced about boiling an orange with the skin on but now I know I'll make this cake again.

7_week_wonder

Glad it worked out ok! I have to confess that 101 cakes and bakes is my most used cake book - it is covered in cake mixture (oops!) and comments from all the times I've used it. The only thing approaching a disaster I've had with it is the nutella cake - next time I'll just eat the nutella straight from the jar! Enjoy the rest of the cake.

Flibsey

basically, you're almost making marmalade there lol. sounds gorgeous!

mudgekin

ohh yum, can you post a recipe please. I just adore anything that is orange flavoured.

:j

CH27

I'd like the recipe too please:D

Melonade

The recipe...

Ingredients.

1 small orange
140g/5oz caster sugar
3 eggs
85g/3oz self-raising flour
100g/4oz ground almonds
50g/2oz butter, melted

For the icing.

85g/3oz icing sugar
juice of 1 small orange (or enough to make a smooth pouring icing)
creme fraiche, to serve (optional)

1. Put orange (whole with the skin lol) in a pan and cover with cold water. Bring to boil, cover and simmer for 1 hour. Remove the orange and cool.

2. Preheat oven to 180c/gas 4/fan oven 160c. Butter and line base of a 20cm/8inch round tin. Roughly chop the cooked orange, discarding the pips. Whizz in a food processor until smooth. Whisk eggs and sugar until light and fluffy.

3. Sift the flour and ground almonds onto the egg mixture. Using a large metal spoon, fold gently, then add orange puree and melted butter. Fold in gently until just mixed. Pout cake mixture into prepared tin. Bake for 40-45 minutes until the cake is brown and springs back when lightly pressed. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Mix the icing sugar and juice together and drizzle over, serve with creme fraiche.

Thats what the book says excuse any dodgy spelling, my spell check button has vanished lol.

I used juice of half a large orange and it was way too much so I'd add it really slowly

CH27

Fantastic! Thankyou.

zippychick

as you have your answer ive merged this with our orange cake thread

ZIp