California Sunshine Cake
- 2 oranges
- 1 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup butter, softened (do NOT use low fat margarines)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups white flour, sifted
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2/3 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- Juice the oranges, reserving juice for topping.
- Put the orange rind, the raisins and the nuts through the medium blade of a meat grinder (or process with steel blade in food processor until a coarse grind is achieved).
- Combine butter and sugar in mixer bowl and beat together until fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time and continue beating until completely incorporated.
- Combine salt, flour and baking soda and sift together.
- Add flour and buttermilk alternately in 3 portions, mixing on low after each addition.
- Fold in orange, raisin, nut mixture until completely combined.
- Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 9" X 13" pan or a bundt pan.
- Bake for 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean.
- While cake is still hot, pierce all over with a fork.
- Mix orange juice, sugar and cinnamon and carefully pour mixture over cake. (This is harder on the bundt cake -- be patient).
- When cake has cooled, remove from pan.
- Refrigerate leftover cake.
oranges, raisins, butter, sugar, eggs, salt, buttermilk, white flour, baking soda, orange juice, sugar, cinnamon
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/california-sunshine-cake-227803 (may not work)