Orange Cake
- 1 Orange
- 100 grams Sugar
- 100 grams Water
- 1 tbsp Orange curacao
- 50 grams Butter (unsalted)
- 80 grams Sugar
- 50 grams Plain yogurt
- 2 Eggs
- 50 grams Cake flour
- 70 grams Almond flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 3 tbsp Orange juice
- 50 grams Powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp Candied orange slice syrup
- 1 tsp Lemon juice
- (Orange in sugar syrup) Wash the orange thoroughly and slice into 3 mm thick rounds.
- Add the sugar and water to a pan and dissolve the sugar.
- Spread the orange slices over the surface and start heating the pan.
- When it comes to a boil directly cover the orange slices with a small lid (drop lid or otoshibuta) or a piece of kitchen parchment paper, and continue to simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.
- When the white parts of the orange have become slightly transparent, turn off the heat, add the orange curacao and leave to cool overnight.
- Place 1 orange slice in the middle of the bottom of a cake tin that has been greased with butter (not included on ingredients list), Arrange the other orange slices in a circular pattern around the center slice, overlapping each slices about halfway.
- Drain the liquid from the remaining orange slices and chop finely.
- (Make the sponge cake) Let the butter, yogurt and eggs come to room temperature.
- Cream the butter and add the yogurt and sugar.
- Mix well.
- Add the beaten egg in 3 batches, mixing in well after each addition to prevent the mixture from separating.
- Sift in the cake flour and baking powder in 1 go.
- Add the almond flour and mix well until combined.
- Add the orange juice and the chopped orange from step 5 and mix until evenly distributed.
- Pour the batter on top of the orange slices and into the same cake tin as used in step 4.
- Bake the cake for 40 minutes in an oven preheated to 170C.
- To check if it's done insert a skewer into the middle and if no raw batter is stuck to it when it comes out, it's ready.
- Leave the cake to cool on a wire rack whilst still inside the cake tin.
- When the cake has completely cooled, remove it from the cake tin and flip it over so that the orange slices are facing up.
- Mix the icing ingredients together until there are no lumps left and use it to glaze the top of the cake with either a brush or spoon.
- If you want to make a stiffer icing for the top, decrease the amount of syrup used by 1 teaspoon.
orange, sugar, water, orange curacao, butter, sugar, yogurt, eggs, flour, flour, baking powder, orange juice, powdered sugar, orange slice syrup, lemon juice
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/149976-orange-cake (may not work)