Baking on Friday (Saturday Edition): Whole Orange Cake

It was a warm and windy day today...too windy to be outside much.  It was much more pleasant enjoying the sunshine from inside the house with the windows open and doorstops firmly wedged to avoid slamming doors.  (Kitties do not appreciate doors being blown shut.  In fact, kitties do not appreciate doors of any kind.)  I decided it was a good day to bake a cake.

The recipe for this Whole Orange Cake appeared in the March, 2013 issue of Sunset magazine.  Mike is a lover of all things orange, and so I knew right away that I wanted to give it a try.  It uses two whole oranges. Only the ends are removed, and then the oranges are cut into large chunks and processed in a food processor until they are smooth, but not pureed.  (A fine line, in my estimation.)  I sort of chopped mine up to cottage cheese (large curd) consistency.

It baked up beautifully, but didn't rise very high.  I would say this is more of a breakfast or brunch cake, rather than something you would make for dinner guests.  It'll be nice for snacking on over the weekend.  

When you cut into it, those little hunks of orange are clearly visible.  There is no hint of bitterness, as I thought there might be.  And with all those oranges, I'm thinking it has to be healthy too!  Am I right about that?  Yeah, you know I'm right.  Further, there is no sugar except for what goes into the cake batter and the glaze!  (Snicker.)

 

So, I really liked this recipe.  The glaze was a little dry, and I added a tad more orange juice to the mix than what the recipe stated.  Our dry and windy weather might be partly to blame for that.  If you'd like to try this yourself, you can find the recipe right here.  It has only a few ingredients.  I mixed it up in about 10 minutes and then it took about an hour to bake.  No fuss.

Kitties do not like having their fuzz blown around, and so this is how they spent their day.

Gracie looked up just briefly.  Do you catch that look warning me not to flash her in the face?

No sewing for me today, as I took a long nap myself.  I know.  A day without sewing for me--and no embroidery either--can be an indicator of impending apocalypse.  If you wake up tomorrow and the world has come to an end, you can blame me.

Watch this space.  My giveaway for Giveaway Day starts tomorrow:  Cinco de Mayo.  I'm celebrating my birthday.  I'll be cincuenta y nueve.  Translated into English, it means:  Too Damned Old.