Victorian Orange Peel Cake Recipe 395 Food

VICTORIAN ORANGE PEEL CAKE RECIPE - (3.9/5)

Steps:

• Grind orange peel and raisins together three times or place in food processor and chip fine. Preheat oven to 325° Cream sugar and butter. Add eggs and buttermilk; mix thoroughly. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda and stir into batter. Mix in ground peel and raisins with walnuts. Pour into well greased 9 or 10 inch springform or tube pan. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until cake tests done. Do not use bundt pan – cakes gets too brown. Syrup: Heat orange juice, sugar and rum together until sugar is dissolved. When cake is done let stand 10 minutes (no longer) and remove from pan. Reinvert and slowly pour juice mix over cake. Allow to stand overnight, or even better, several days. Store at room temperature if to be eaten in a few days; in refrigerator if longer. Makes 8 to 10 large or 20 small servings.

MINI OLIVE OIL AND RICOTTA POUND CAKES WITH CHOCOLATE COVERED ORANGE PEEL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-cup mini loaf pan with 1 tablespoon of the butter.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Whip together the remaining 1/4 cup butter, the ricotta, sugar, olive oil, orange zest and vanilla bean seeds in a separate large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed. Add the dry ingredients and continue to beat until light and airy, another 3 minutes. Drop the eggs into the mix session one at a time. Drop in the chocolate bits and stir with a spatula until they are evenly spread throughout the batter.
• Pour the batter into the mini loaf pans and bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Insert toothpicks into the pound cakes to see if it pulls out clean.
• Allow the cakes to cool in the pans for about 10 minutes, and then transfer to a wire rack to cool fully.

WHITE CHOCOLATE, ROASTED PECANS & CANDIED ORANGE PEEL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease and flour a bundt pan.
• In a large bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the vanilla and eggs to the butter mixture, one at a time, blending well after each addition.
• In a medium sized bowl add the flour, baking soda, salt, and orange rind together and set aside.
• Now in a small bowl add the sour cream and orange juice together.
• Add the flour and juice mixtures to the egg butter mixture, alternating and starting and ending with the flour mixture, until well blended.
• Add the white chocolate, candied orange peel and roasted pecans to the cake batter.
• Pour into pan and bake in a 325 degree oven for 50 - 60 minutes or until tested done.
• Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, remove and cool on wire rack while you make the glaze.
• Melt chocolate & orange juice in microwave on medium heat for 2 minutes.
• Sir until all chocolate is melted.
• Add the icing sugar and orange rind mix until smooth.
• Drizzle over cake.