Orange Cake
An orange cake made with fresh ingredients from the fruit cakes category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 200 g Flour
- 75 g sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 egg
- 125 g butter
- butter (for the pan)
- flour (for dusting)
- dried legumes (for blind baking)
- 2 untreated oranges
- 5 egg yolks
- 100 g sugar
- 400 ml condensed milk (sweetened)
Instructions
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1.
For the dough mix flour, sugar and salt and sift onto a work surface. Create a well in the center and crack the egg into it. Spread butter pieces around the edge. Use a large knife to cut through until small crumbs form. Then knead with hands into a smooth dough, wrap in foil and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
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2.
Preheat the oven to 160 °C fan and grease the tart pan.
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3.
Roll out the dough on a floured surface slightly larger than the pan, place it inside, press down and shape a high edge. Line with parchment paper and weigh down with the legumes. Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes, then remove the legumes and paper and let cool.
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4.
For the filling wash oranges hot, grate the peel of one with a grater, peel the second with a zester. Squeeze out juice from both. Beat egg yolks with sugar until creamy and stir in condensed milk. Add orange juice and zest and mix well.
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5.
Turn the oven down to 140 °C. Spread the cream over the cake base and bake for another about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven, garnish with orange zest and serve warm or cooled as desired.