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This was one of my favorite cakes when I was a child. We lived with orange trees all around us. My father planted one tree they called a "June bloom", which meant that we almost always had our own fresh homegrown oranges for anything we wanted. The cake has several simple steps, but is very easy and quickly put together. If my mother added the brandy when making the syrup, I never knew it. It has become one of my own family's favorites, as well as one that I'm often asked to make for birthdays and other family celebrations.
Mix sugar and orange juice in a small saucepan until sugar is all melted. Do not boil. Set aside to cool slightly, then add brandy (or Southern Comfort). You are going to baste the baked HOT cake with this syrup, as soon as it comes out of the oven and the rim of the pan is removed.
Cake:
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at the time beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and stir in until batter is smooth. Sift flour and salt together. Add baking soda to sour cream and stir.
Add flour mixture and sour cream mixture alternately mixing after each addition. End with flour. Fold in orange zest, pecans, and raisins until thoroughly blended.
Bake in greased and floured tube pan about 45 minutes at 375 degrees F. Test for doneness.
Remove cake from oven, carefully remove outer rim from tube pan, and place cake still on the pan's bottom on a cake plate, then immediately baste hot cake with reserved orange syrup. Baste slowly so as to get all the syrup into cake.
When cake is cool, it will be easily removed from the bottom of the pan to the plate. Run a knife around the tube part of the pan, then slide the knife between the cake and the bottom of the cake pan and carefully move it onto the plate.
| Servings: | 10-12 |
| Time: | 30 Minutes Preparation Time 45 + Minutes Cooking Time |
Source: My Mother's recipe. I believe it came from my maternal grandmother, since I ate the same cake at her home when I was a kid.
By Julia from Boca Raton, FL
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine cake mix, orange juice, Miracle whip, eggs and poppy seeds in large mixer bowl; mix well. Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour into greased and floured 10 inch tube pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
By Robin from Washington, IA
This is a nice change from an ordinary slice of cake.
Cut 12-18 12-inch squares of heavy-duty foil; set aside. Cut 1-inch slice from top of each orange. Scoop out orange fruit and pulp. Leave peel intact as a baking cup.
Prepare cake according to package directions. Fill each orange peel 2/3 full with prepared cake batter. Replace top of each orange. Place one filled orange in center of foil piece. Bring foil together at top and twist to make airtight. Place in coals for 15-20 minutes.
| Servings: | 12-18 |
| Time: | 15 Minutes Preparation Time 15-20 Minutes Cooking Time |
Source: Dian Thomas
By Ron from Cortez, CO
This unique cake is sure to be a hit at your next holiday party.
Mix 1 cup of the flour and salt, and cut candy and dates into it. Add nuts and coconut and mix. Cream margarine and sugar together. Add eggs and mix well.
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Does anyone have a recipe for orange cake?
You can do a variation on an orange cake, using up ingredients that might be in the pantry:
cut an angel food cake in half (horizontally), spread a layer of cool whip or frosting mixed with bits of orange jellied slices of candy, top it with the other half of the cake, spread cool whip or vanilla frosting. On top and sides, scatter the bits of orange jellied candy.
If you use Cool Whip, I do not know how long it will last, so if you are making it the day before an event, this might not function. Best to make a test first.
Pureed spaghetti squash is the secret ingredient in this delicious orange and cardamon cake, providing a marvelous texture and nutty flavor. Making this cake from scratch is easy to do by following the instructions provided on this page.
This is a page about making a Cantonese ginger orange cake. This scrumptious combination of ginger cake and cheese cake baked in a bundt pan is worth the wait.
This is a page about making orange cake from a yellow cake mix. Yellow cake mix can be a good start to creating your own orange flavored cake.
This light textured, delightfully orange flavored cake is sure to become one of your favorites. This page contains orange chiffon cake recipes.
This page contains orange soda cake recipes. Adding flavored soda to cake mix is a great way to create some fun flavors.
Combine all ingredients in one bowl and beat 2 1/2-3 minutes. Bake 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees F in 8 inch buttered pan.
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By Robin from Washington, IA
I am looking for a recipe for a Orange cake. I remember it was made without a mix and took a can of orange juice concentrate. It also had a seven minute frosting.
Orange Cake
SUBMITTED BY: Kathleen Gingras
"A delightful orange frosting is the secret to this cake from Kathleen Gingras of Thorold, Ontario. 'It is great with a scoop of ice cream,' she suggests."
Original recipe yield: 12 servings
PREP TIME 25 Min
COOK TIME 30 Min
READY IN 55 Min
INGREDIENTS
FROSTING:
DIRECTIONS
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the orange juice, water, orange peel and almond extract; mix well. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture. Beat for 2 minutes. Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the frosting, combine the confectioners' sugar, butter and enough orange juice to achieve spreading consistency. Frost cake. (10/09/2006)
By christi
