Heavenly Orange Cake - Easy Recipes
Ingredients
Makes 12 servings.
- 2 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 5 large eggs, separated
- 3/4 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup grated orange peel
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 cup orange marmalade, melted
- Candied orange peel strips
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
- Beat together sugar and oil at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- At low speed, alternately beat flour mixture and orange juice into egg mixture until smooth. Stir in orange peel.
- Using clean beaters, beat together egg whites and cream of tartar at high speed until stiff, but not dry, peaks form.
- Fold one-quarter of beaten egg whites into batter. Gently fold in remaining whites. Pour batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan; smooth top.
- Bake cake until golden and a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean, 60 to 65 minutes. Invert pan over neck of a bottle; cool completely.
- Loosen cake by running a metal spatula around sides of pan. Transfer cake to a serving platter.
- Drizzle cake with melted marmalade. Arrange orange peel strips over top of cake. Let stand until glaze has set.
- Candied Orange Peel
- Cut the peel of 1 orange into thin strips; remove white pith.
- Bring 1 cup granulated sugar and 1 cup water to a boil; add strips. Cook over medium heat until liquid is absorbed and strips are glazed.
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