Winter Citrus Cake

Name: Winter Citrus Cake
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 navel orange; 1 cara cara orange; 1 blood orange; 4 tablespoons butter; 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 3 teaspoons honey packets; 1.5 cups all purpose flour; 0.33 cup yellow cornmeal; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 0.25 teaspoon baking soda; 0.5 teaspoon salt; 0.5 cup butter; 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 0.25 cup brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 lemons; 0.75 cup milk

40m

Serves 8

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Winter Citrus Cake

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40m

Serves 8

Directions

1Use a sharp knife to carefully cut the oranges into very thin rounds.
2In a small saucepan, heat the butter, sugar, and honey until melted together. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake pan and arrange the citrus in a circular pattern, overlapping the rounds slightly.
3In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
4In a separate large bowl, cream the sugar, brown sugar and butter. If you don’t have a mixer, use a wooden spoon to mash the sugars with the butter. When it is well combined, switch to a fork and whisk vigorously until light and fluffy.
5Whisk in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the vanilla extract, lemon zest and lemon juice.
6Mix ⅓ of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, alternating with milk until all the ingredients are combined.
7Pour the batter over the citrus layer and bake for 35-40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
8Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate while still warm.
9Cool completely before cutting.

Ingredients

1 navel orange
1 cara cara orange
1 blood orange
4 tablespoons butter
0.5 cup granulated sugar
3 teaspoons honey packets
1.5 cups all purpose flour
0.33 cup yellow cornmeal
2 teaspoons baking powder
0.25 teaspoon baking soda
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.5 cup butter
0.5 cup granulated sugar
0.25 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 lemons
0.75 cup milk

Equipment

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Winter Citrus Cake

40m

Serves 8

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Winter Citrus Cake

youtube.com

40m

Serves 8

Directions

1Use a sharp knife to carefully cut the oranges into very thin rounds.
2In a small saucepan, heat the butter, sugar, and honey until melted together. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake pan and arrange the citrus in a circular pattern, overlapping the rounds slightly.
3In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
4In a separate large bowl, cream the sugar, brown sugar and butter. If you don’t have a mixer, use a wooden spoon to mash the sugars with the butter. When it is well combined, switch to a fork and whisk vigorously until light and fluffy.
5Whisk in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the vanilla extract, lemon zest and lemon juice.
6Mix ⅓ of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, alternating with milk until all the ingredients are combined.
7Pour the batter over the citrus layer and bake for 35-40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
8Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate while still warm.
9Cool completely before cutting.