Triple Citrus Bundt Cake Food

TRIPLE-CITRUS BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 10-cup Bundt pan (or kugelhopf mold) with cooking spray; dust with flour, tapping out excess. Finely grate 2 teaspoons lemon zest and 1/2 teaspoon orange zest.
• With a sharp knife, remove peel and bitter white pith from all citrus. Holding a lemon over a bowl, cut between membranes to release segments into bowl. Squeeze juice from membranes into another bowl. Repeat with remaining lemon and orange(s), combining segments in one bowl and juices in other. Cut segments into 1/4-inch pieces. (You will need 3 tablespoons juice and 3/4 cup segments.)
• Sift together flour, superfine sugar, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Add creme fraiche; beat on medium speed until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating to combine after each. Beat in butter, citrus juices, and zests. Add citrus segments and beat just to combine. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake, rotating pan once, until a tester inserted in middle comes out clean, about 48 minutes.
• Syrup: Bring citrus juices and superfine sugar to a boil in a saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Boil 30 seconds more.
• Glaze: Whisk together confectioners' sugar and lemon juice in a bowl.
• Serving: When cake is done, leave oven on and let cake cool in pan on a wire rack set on a baking sheet 15 minutes. Turn out onto rack and let cool 10 minutes more. Transfer to a shallow dish. Brush syrup over cake. Continue brushing syrup from dish until all syrup is used. Return cake to wire rack; let dry in oven 5 minutes. Immediately brush with glaze. Let cool completely. Cake can be stored, covered, up to 1 day.
• Spoon whipped cream into center of cake; top with candied zest and serve.

TRIPLE CITRUS BUNDT

Steps:

• Make the Cake: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and lightly flour a 12-cup Bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. In a second bowl, with mixer on medium speed, beat sugar, butter, cream cheese, and lemon, orange, and lime zest until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, scraping side of bowl as needed and beat in vanilla. In two batches, beat in flour mixture until just combined.
• Transfer batter to Bundt pan and smooth top. Bake until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool completely on wire rack.
• Make the Glaze: In a small bowl, add orange juice, lemon juice, lime juice and confectioners' sugar and mix until smooth. Brush all over cooled cake and let sit until somewhat set.
• Garnish with strips of candied citrus peel, if desired.

TRIPLE LIME BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• To make the cake: In a mixer set with the paddle attachment, beat the butter over medium speed until soft and creamy, about 5 minutes. Add the granulated sugar and continue to beat until well mixed and creamy, another 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the egg yolks, add the lime zest and continue to beat until fully incorporated, another 2 minutes or so. Reduce the speed to low, and gently add the all-purpose flour, salt and baking powder. Continue to beat for another couple minutes. The batter should be completely homogeneous and feel a bit dense and heavy.
• Transfer the batter to a large mixing bowl. Rinse the bowl of the mixer well and change the paddle attachment to the whisk attachment. Beat the egg whites on medium-high speed, until they hold stiff peaks, about 4 to 5 minutes. Slowly, incorporate a bit of the whipped-up egg whites into the heavy batter. Repeat with the rest of the egg whites, folding them gently but persistently, until the batter is completely incorporated and seems lighter and puffier. Don't overmix, or you will remove the puff effect from the beaten egg whites.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the sides and bottom of a 14-cup bundt pan and lightly coat with all-purpose flour. Shake out any extra flour. Pour the batter into the prepared mold and bake in the oven about 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until the cake is golden brown on top, seems beautifully puffed up and a toothpick comes out moist but not wet. Remove from the oven. Let cool for at least 10 minutes.
• To make the lime syrup: Combine the lime juice with the granulated sugar in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat for a couple minutes, just until the sugar has dissolved.
• Run the tip of a knife around the edges of the cake. Place an inverted platter or board on top of the bundt pan. Invert to release the cake. With a toothpick or wooden skewer, poke holes all over its surface, going as deep as the toothpick will go--I poke at least 100 times! Pour half the lime syrup evenly over the cake. Let it absorb for a few minutes. Pour over the rest of the syrup and let it sit for a few minutes, while you make the glaze.
• To make the lime glaze: In a small mixing bowl, using a small whisk or fork, combine the lime juice with the vanilla and confectioners' sugar until thoroughly mixed. With a tablespoon, add half the glaze, one tablespoon at a time, over the cake, slowly so it absorbs and coats the cake. Wait a few minutes and add the rest of the glaze. Let some of the extra glaze slide down the sides, as it will give it a pretty glazed look. Grate some fresh lime zest over the top.
• If there is any leftover, cover so it will remain moist -- it usually becomes more moist after a day or two.

TRIPLE CITRUS OSTARA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Coat a 10-cup Bundt pan or cake pan with cooking spray, followed by dusting with flour.
• Tap out the excess flour over the sink.
• Finely grate 2 tsp lemon zest and 1/2 tsp orange zest.
• Remove peel and pith from all citrus fruits.
• Hold a lemon over a bowl and cut between the membranes. Put the segments into the bowl.
• Squeeze the sweet juice from the segments into another bowl.
• Repeat with the remaining fruit.
• Cut the citrus segments into 1/4 inch pieces.
• Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a bowl.
• Add creme fraiche.
• Beat mixture on medium speed until they're combined.
• Add eggs and beat to combine each one into the mixture.
• Beat in butter, citrus juices, and zest.
• Add citrus segments and beat to combine.
• Transfer batter to prepared pan.
• Bake, rotating pan once until a tester comes out of the middle clean (about 50 minutes). This is the hardest part because it smells so good you'll want to just eat it right away!
• Combine the citrus juices and sugar into a pan.
• Boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved, then for another 30 seconds for good measure.
• Beat powdered sugar and softened butter together at medium speed until well blended.
• Add orange zest.
• Add orange juice and lemon juice.
• Beat everything until smooth.
• Allow cake to cool on a wire rack while still in the pan for 15 minutes.
• Turn the cake out onto the rack and let it cook for another 10 minutes or more. Adding the topping always works better if the cake is cool.
• Transfer to a plate or other shallow dish.
• Brush syrup over the cake until all the syrup is used.
• Return to the wire rack for another 5 minutes until the syrup is dry.
• Brush with glaze and let the cake finish cooling.
• Store cake for up to 24 hours if covered.
• Top with whipped cream and candied zest when serving.

TRIPLE CITRUS CAKE (EGG-FREE AND DAIRY-FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease a 8 x 8" baking pan and set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Make three depressions in dry ingredients (2 small and one large). Pour vinegar in one small depression, vanilla & lemon extracts in another small depression and the vegetable oil in the larger depression. Pour water over all. Add lemon, lime & orange zests and stir until smooth.
• Pour batter into baking pan and bake on the middle rack of your oven for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Cool for up to one hour atop a wire rack before spreading with your favorite frosting.
• If you wish to bake a larger cake, just double the recipe and use a 9x13" baking pan.
• If you wish to bake cupcakes, the standard recipe yields 12 cupcakes. Just bake at 350 F for 22-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.