Orange Cake, Ancona-Style
- 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, plus flour for dusting the pan
- 3 eggs
- Grated peel of 3 oranges
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, softened to room temperature, plus butter for greasing the pan
- 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons ouzo liqueur
- 1 tablespoon whole milk
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups freshly squeezed orange juice, with 3 tablespoons sugar dissolved in it.
- Heat the oven to 350.
- Put the flour, eggs, orange peel, 4 tablespoons softened butter, sugar and ouzo in a food processor, and run until all the ingredients are evenly amalgamated.
- Add the milk and baking powder, and process again to incorporate into the mixture.
- Thickly smear a tube pan with butter, and dust with flour.
- Put the cake mixture in the pan (it wont fill it up all the way), and place the pan in the preheated oven.
- Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until the top of the cake becomes a rich gold color.
- When the cake is done, place the bottom of the pan over a tumbler or tall mug, using pot holders, and push down to raise the loose bottom.
- Take the tube with the cake out of the hoop, work the cake loose from the bottom with a knife and lift it away from the tube.
- Place it on a plate with a slightly raised rim.
- While the cake is still warm, poke many holes in it using a chopstick or any similar narrow tool.
- Into each of the holes, slowly pour some of the orange juice.
- At first the hole fills to the brim with juice, but this will subsequently in about an hour be absorbed by the cake.
- Serve at room temperature, with more orange juice drizzled over each slice.
flour, eggs, oranges, butter, sugar, ouzo liqueur, milk, baking powder, freshly squeezed orange juice
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015378 (may not work)