ITALIAN ORANGE CAKE 12 JANUARY 2024
This ITALIAN ORANGE CAKE caught my attention while I was scrolling thru YouTube . . . . . . so I thought I'd give it a try as it only required four ingredients. Mixing station . . . There were no large single Navel oranges available, so Neal brought home a bag of smallish oranges; turns out they were Mandarin oranges, so I didn't know if they would work. Zested and cut-up oranges . . . . . . which tasted quite good at this stage. First 1/2 sugar . . . . . . second 1/2 sugar . . . . . . flour . . . . . . egg yolks & sugar, mixed with hand mixer to shade of white . . . Mixing station . . . Zest is already in egg white & sugar mixture. Mixed together, orange pieces added . . . . . . flour sifted in . . . Prepared cake pan . . . Kind of a DIY job, but it worked out. Mixture into the pan . . . . . . one of those thingies that promotes even baking around the edge . . . . . . and into the oven. After an additional 10 minutes of baking . . . . . . and powdered sugar because otherwise it looks rather blah . . . The cake had a texture I'd not experienced before, but it was pleasant enough. The orange bits were bitter. I may try it again with a Navel orange, but I think we'll just eat the rest of the Mandarin oranges as they are. THE RECIPE I USED

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