Orange Raisin Cake Food

ORANGE RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a 13x9x2 inch baking pan; set aside. Use a vegetable peeler to remove the zest from the orange. Juice the orange, reserving 1/3 cup; set aside. In a food processor place the zest, raisins, and walnut pieces. Cover and process until finely ground; set aside.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer on med to high speed beat together the shortening and 1 cup sugar until combined. Add eggs and beat until combined. In a small bowl stir together the buttermilk and baking soda until soda is dissolved. Add to flour mixture with vanilla and beat until combined. Stir in raisin mixture. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl stir together 1 cup sugar and reverved orange juice until combined. Remove cake from oven. Pour sugar mixture over cake. Return to oven; bake for 8 to 10 minutes more or until topping is bubbly. Cool on wire rack.

ORANGE RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Combine raisins, nuts, and orange peel; put thru food grinder; set aside.
• Cream together 1 c sugar and butter.
• Add eggs and vanilla, beating until fluffy.
• Stir in ground orange peel-nut mixture.
• Sift together cake flour, baking soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternatively with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
• Turn batter into greased 9x9x2" baking pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees appx 45 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
• In small saucepan, heat together 1 cup sugar and orange juice until sugar dissolves.
• Prick top of cake all over w/ fork.
• Spoon orange juice mixture over warm cake.

ORANGE NUT RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Sieve flour salt and baking powder together.
• In a separate bowl, mix chopped nuts and raisins. Coat them together with a tsp of flour to avoid them sinking to the bottom of the cake pan.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time; beat for 1-2 minutes on a slow speed mixer.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture alternating with the orange juice.
• Mix well.
• Add nuts and raisins; mix with a wooden spoon.
• Pour in greased dish and bake at 175°c for about 60 minutes.
• Let cool well before serving
• (My cake usually cooks even before one hour and at times takes longer to brown, however keep checking and don't overcook or else it would loose its moistness).

ORANGE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2-inch loaf pans. Line the bottoms with parchment paper.
• Cream the butter and 2 cups of the granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment for about 5 minutes, or until light and fluffy. With the mixer on medium speed, beat in the eggs, one at a time, and the orange zest.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, combine 1/4 cup of the orange juice, the buttermilk, and vanilla. Add the flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the batter, beginning and ending with the flour. Divide the batter evenly between the pans, smooth the tops, and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until a cake tester comes out clean.
• While the cakes bake, cook the remaining 1/2 cup of granulated sugar with the remaining 1/2 cup orange juice in a small saucepan over low heat until the sugar dissolves. When the cakes are done, let them cool for 10 minutes. Take them out of the pans and place them on a baking rack set over a tray. Spoon the orange syrup over the cakes and allow the cakes to cool completely.
• To glaze, combine the confectioners' sugar and orange juice in a bowl, mixing with a wire whisk until smooth. Add a few more drops of juice, if necessary, to make it pour easily. Pour over the top of one cake and allow the glaze to dry. Wrap well, and store in the refrigerator.

OLD-FASHIONED RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine the orange, raisins and pecans. Cover and process until mixture is finely chopped; set aside. , In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Stir in orange mixture. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. flouted tube pan. Bake at 325° for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients until smooth; drizzle over warm cake.

EASY RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 10 x 10 inch baking pan.
• In a large saucepan boil the raising with the water for 10 minutes. Add the butter or margarine and let cool.
• In the same pan add the flour, soda, salt, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and chopped nuts (optional), mix well and pour batter into a lightly greased 10x10 inch baking pan
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes. Serves 8 to 12.

ORANGE KISS-ME CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Squeeze orange and reserve 1/3 cup juice. Grind orange peel and pulp, raisins, and 1/3 cup walnuts together. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, blend flour, 1 cup sugar, baking soda, salt, milk, shortening and eggs. Beat 3 minutes at medium speed. Stir in orange-raisin mixture. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Drizzle reserved orange juice over warm cake. Combine 1/3 cup sugar, cinnamon, and 1/4 cup walnuts; sprinkle over cake. Garnish with orange slices.

MICROWAVE CHOCOLATE ORANGE RAISIN CAKES WITH CHOCOLATE GLAZE

Steps:

• Make the cake:
• Line the bottoms of two 1-cup microwave-safe ramekins with wax paper and fasten a wax paper collar 2 inches high around each ramekin. In a microwave-safe measuring cup stir together the raisins and the Grand Marnier and microwave the mixture at high power (100%) for 1 minute. In a bowl whisk together the brown sugar and the oil and whisk in the egg, the milk, the flour, the cocoa powder, the cinnamon, the baking soda, and the salt. Stir in the raisin mixture, combine the batter well, and divide it between the ramekins. Microwave the cakes at medium power (50%) for 2 minutes. Let the cakes stand on a rack for 5 minutes. Run a thin knife around the edges of the ramekins, invert the cakes onto the rack, removing the wax paper carefully, and let them cool slightly.
• Make the glaze:
• In a 1-pint microwave-safe glass measure combine the cream, the butter, the chocolate, and a pinch of salt, microwave the mixture at high power (100%) for 1 minute, or until the cream comes to a boil, and stir it until it is smooth.
• Set the rack with the cakes over a baking sheet and pour the glaze over the cakes, spreading it as necessary to coat the tops and sides.

APPLE ORANGE-RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees (oven rack to second-lowest position).
• Butter a 10-inch springform pan.
• For the topping: mix together brown sugar, flour and cinnamon; blend in butter, then mix in nuts; set aside.
• For the cake: In a bowl mix together chopped apples, raisins, 2 tablespoons white sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. cinnamon.
• In another bowl beat together brown sugar, white sugar and oil for about 3 minutes.
• Add in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add in orange rind and vanilla; mix till combined.
• In another small bowl, mix together flour, baking soda baking powder and salt.
• In another small bowl whisk together the orange juice with sour cream; then add the flour mixture and sour cream mixture to the egg mixture, mixing JUST until blended.
• Stir in HALF of the apple mixture into the batter; mix to combine.
• Spread HALF of the batter into prepared baking pan.
• Top with remaining apple mixture then sprinkle the topping mixture on top.
• Bake for about 50-60 minutes, or until cake tests done.