Cranberry-Glazed Orange Layer Cake
- 3 cups sifted cake flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 6 large eggs, separated
- 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons orange extract
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup plain yogurt
- Creamy Brown Sugar Frosting
- Cranberry Glaze
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Butter and flour two 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 2-inch-high sides.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt into medium bowl.
- Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until creamy.
- Gradually add sugar; beat until light and fluffy, occasionally scraping down sides of bowl.
- Add egg yolks 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in orange peel, vanilla extract and orange extract.
- Whisk milk and yogurt in small bowl to blend.
- Add dry ingredients to yolk mixture in 3 additions alternately with milk mixture in 2 additions, beating well after each addition.
- Using clean dry beaters, beat egg whites in another large bowl until stiff but not dry.
- Fold 1/3 of whites into batter, then fold in remaining whites.
- Divide batter between pans.
- Smooth tops.
- Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
- Cool cakes in pans on rack 15 minutes.
- Run small knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes.
- Turn cakes out onto racks and cool completely.
- (Can be made 1 day ahead.
- Wrap in plastic and store at room temperature.)
- Place 1 cake layer, flat side up, on platter.
- Spread top of cake with 3/4 cup Creamy Brown Sugar Frosting.
- Spread 1 cup Cranberry Glaze over frosting, leaving 1/2-inch border all around cake.
- Top with second cake layer, flat side down; press slightly to adhere.
- Spread 2 cups frosting over sides of cake.
- Spoon remaining frosting into pastry bag fitted with medium-size star tip.
- Pipe decorative border around top edge of cake.
- Refrigerate until frosting is firm, about 1 hour.
- Spread remaining Cranberry Glaze over top center of cake.
- Chill until glaze is set.
- (Can be made 1 day ahead.
- Cover with cake dome and refrigerate.)
cake flour, baking powder, salt, unsalted butter, powdered sugar, eggs, vanilla, orange, milk, plain yogurt, brown sugar, cranberry glaze
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cranberry-glazed-orange-layer-cake-102418 (may not work)