Orange Cointreau Cake Food

COINTREAU MELT-IN-YOUR-MOUTH CAKE

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, orange juice and Cointreau.
• Beat well for 10 minutes.
• Pour into lightly greased bundt pan.
• Bake at 350 for 45- 60 minutes until done.
• Let stand 10 minutes.
• Turn out of pan.
• While cake is baking, boil sugar, butter, orange juice and Cointreau for roughly 5 minutes.
• Pour over cake while cake is still warm.
• To serve, top each slice with fresh raspberries and a sprinkle of orange peel.

ORANGE COINTREAU CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 170°c (338°f)
• Add baking powder and salt to flour and mix .
• With a a cake mixer, mix butter and sugar to a creamy mass. This will take approximately 3minutes.
• Add eggs two at a time and mix on high speed between each addition.
• Add flour mixture half a cup at a time, cointreau and orange rind.
• Bake for 40minutes or till skewer comes out clean.

ORANGE COINTREAU CAKE

Steps:

• For genoise: Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Lightly butter and flour a 9 inch cake pan.
• Beat eggs and sugar in large, heatproof bowl until well-blended.
• Place bowl over low heat and whisk mixture by hand 40 times (about 1 minute).
• Return bowl to mixer and beat until cool and quadrupled in volume.
• Gently fold in flour, then butter, do not overmix.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake until cake begins to pull away from side of pan and top feels springy to the touch, 20-25 minutes.
• Invert onto rack and let cool.
• For custard: Finely grate zest off the 2 oranges; reserve oranges.
• Blend yolks, sugar, cornstarch and flour in medium bowl of mixer until smooth and lemon-coloured.
• Scald milk.
• Whisk thin stream of hot milk into yolk mixture and pour custard back into saucepan.
• Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thick and smooth, about 10 minutes.
• Add peel.
• Place plastic wrap directly onto surface and cool completely.
• To assemble: Cut cake into 3 even layers using a long, serrated knife.
• Brush each layer with some of the Cointreau.
• Set 1 layer on a cake plate and spread with half of custard.
• Repeat with second layer.
• Add third layer.
• Frost top and sides with whipped cream.
• Thinly slice and remove membranes from sections of reserved oranges.
• Try to make attractive pieces.
• Decorate top of cake with these if desired.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

GATEAU A L'ORANGE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Beat the sugar and butter together until creamy. Beat in the eggs. Sift the flour and baking powder over the mixture and fold them in lightly.
• Grate the zest of the orange and squeeze out the juice. Stir zest, juice, and Cointreau into the batter. Then grease a 5-cup bread pan and spoon in the batter. Knock the pan against the countertop to settle the contents. Bake for about 50 minutes, until the cake is firm but bouncy to the touch and the blade of a knife inserted into it comes out clean. Leave it to cool for 10 to 15 minutes, then unmold onto a dish.
• Meanwhile, prepare the glazing. In a small saucepan, gently warm the orange juice and Cointreau. Stir in the confectioners' sugar.
• Using a pastry brush, paint the glaze over the cake--some of the glaze will seep in, the rest will form a light crust. Serve cold.

ORANGE POLENTA CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Line the base and sides of a round 23cm cake tin with baking parchment. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and mix thoroughly. Once the mixture is combined, add all the dry ingredients and the zest and juice after you have measured off 100ml for the glaze.
• Transfer the mixture to the tin, spread evenly, then cook for about 45 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
• To make the glaze, put the juice and sugar in a medium saucepan and bring to the boil. Let it simmer for 5 mins, then remove from the heat and allow to cool. Drizzle the orange glaze over the top of the cooled cake. Serve with Lemon ice cream, below.

FLOURLESS ORANGE AND ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Place the whole oranges in a large saucepan. Add enough water to cover them and place a small plate on top of the oranges to keep them submerged in the water.
• Gradually bring the water to a boil, then reduce heat and allow them to simmer for 40 minutes, or until the oranges are very soft.
• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Cut a piece piece of parchment paper to fit in the bottom of an 8 inch round cake pan. Lightly grease the cake pan and then place the parchment paper circle in the base.
• Cut each of the oranges into quarters. Set aside to cool.
• Remove any pips, and then place the oranges in the bowl of a food processor and blend until they form a very smooth pulp.
• Add the ground almonds, sugar, baking powder, vanilla, and Cointreau. Process (pulse) until all of the ingredients are combined.
• Add the egg and process again until just combined. Be careful not to overprocess.
• Pour the orange mixture into the prepared cake pan and bake for 50 minutes, or until the cake is firm and leaves the side of the pan.
• Allow to cool completely in the pan. Dust with confectioners' sugar to serve.

ORANGE & ALMOND CAKE WITH CITRUS MASCARPONE

Steps:

• Boil two of the oranges (whole) in water, with the lid on the pan, for about 1 hour or until squidgy. Drain and leave to cool.
• Butter a springform cake tin, 23cm/9in wide and 7cm/23⁄4in deep. Add 1-2 tablespoons of polenta, tip the grains around until the tin is coated, then knock out the excess. Set aside.
• Whizz the flaked almonds to a grainy powder in a food processor, then mix in a bowl with the polenta and baking powder. Set aside.
• Halve the cooked oranges and remove any pips. Remove zest from the third orange. Whizz the zest and the orange halves (with skin on) to a smooth purée in the food processor. Set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4/fan oven 160C. Using a mixer or electric beaters, beat the eggs, yolks and sugar for a good 5-7 minutes until the batter looks like a very thick milkshake.
• Quickly beat in the almond mixture, then the purée until just blended. Pour the batter into the tin, leaving at least 1.5cm/5⁄8in at the top.
• Bake the cake in the middle of the oven. After 10 minutes, reduce the temperature to 150C/ Gas 2/fan oven 130C, bake for 30 minutes, then reduce temperature to 140C/fan oven 120C for a further 30 minutes (if you have a gas oven, cook at gas 4 for 10 minutes, then at gas 2 for 11⁄4 hours until done without reducing the temperature further). The cake is ready when it has risen, is golden-brown and the centre is just firm - don't panic that it still feels fragile.
• Leave the cake to cool in its tin (it will sink a little), then run a palette knife around the edge before releasing the sides. Only attempt to transfer it from the metal base to a decorative plate or stand if you have a proper cake lifter.
• Whisk the liqueur and marmalade into the mascarpone. Serve the cake in thick wedges with the mascarpone dolloped on top.