Orange Cake
Orange cake is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the fruit cake category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 300 g liquid butter
- 300 g sugar
- 300 g flour
- 4 eggs
- 400 ml orange juice
- 1 packet baking powder
- 2 oranges (unprocessed)
- 3 oranges
- 10 g cornstarch
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 50 ml grenadine
- 20 ml orange liqueur
Instructions
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1.
Beat butter, sugar, flour, eggs, 200 ml orange juice, baking powder and the grated zest of an unprocessed orange in a food processor. Pour into a greased springform pan and bake at 180°C for about 40 minutes. Let cool briefly, lift out with a sharp knife and set on a cooling rack.
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2.
Meanwhile, use a zester to strip strips from the second unprocessed orange. Mix grenadine and orange liqueur, add the zest, and let steep for 30 minutes.
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3.
Fillet the remaining oranges. (Peel oranges thoroughly with a sharp knife, removing the white pith. Cut fruit fillets from the separating membranes.) Whisk 50 ml cold orange juice with cornstarch. Bring the remaining orange juice to a boil with the cinnamon stick, stir in the starch mixture and simmer gently for 3-4 minutes. Fold in the orange fillets.
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4.
Spread the orange ragout over the cake. Arrange the zest as garnish on top. Serve the cake warm.
