Orange cake ???

Melonade · 28 August 2011 at 8:33PM

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 · 28 August 2011 at 8:45PM

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 · 28 August 2011 at 9:06PM

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

mudgekin · 29 August 2011 at 2:36PM

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

:j

CH27 · 29 August 2011 at 4:29PM

I'd like the recipe too please:D

Melonade · 29 August 2011 at 11:54PM

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