At the time I made this orange cake, blood oranges were not in season. I decorated it with grapefruit slices just for the pretty aspect. But, if I made it again I would do so with red fleshed oranges, as so far, they have been the best choice this season.
Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Orange Cake ♥
When things do not go to plan
Dave needs a new battery for his laptop and wanted to get it installed before we went overseas. He confirmed with the company he had used before that they had stock. And on the morning he planned on going there he let them know what time to expect him. We arrived in Cape Town just after lunch and Dave was told it would take an hour as the technician was busy with another battery replacement. We went to have coffee and by the time we got back, the gentleman had started with Dave’s replacement. However, the battery he installed was faulty, so he had to try another one. That too was corrupt, and they had no more in stock. An hour later we left, with the old battery back in his laptop. Our next stop was Canal Walk for my shopping.
Citrus fruit in season
I decided to get a new pair of sneakers for our trip, and I wanted ones without laces that need tieing. Skechers do a slip in, vegan upper shoe, that looked ideal. But, as our local shops don’t keep an extensive range I had to go to Skechers to get them. Sadly for me, they did not have my size! So, another wasted trip. I did however send Dave shopping while I went to look at the Skechers, so at least one thing was ticked off our list. He however was very disappointed in the choice of citrus fruits that were on offer. They were in peak season at the time, but all he could get was a large tray of easy peelers.
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Orange Cake
Ingredients
- 420 g flour, sifted
- 17 g baking powder, sifted
- 1 g fine salt, sifted
- 200 g fructose
- 3 oranges, zest and 250mls juice, plus a few orange slices to decorate *
- 60 mls canola oil
- 1 egg
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
- Place the flour, baking powder and salt into a stand mixer bowl and whisk to combine
- Add the fructose and give it another whisk
- Place the orange zest, orange juice, oil and egg into a mixing bowl and whisk to combine
- Add to the dry ingredients and whisk until smooth
- Pour the batter into a lined loaf tin and place into the oven to bake for 60 minutes
- Remove the tin from the oven and place onto a wire rack to cool
- When the tin is cool, tip the cake out and decorate with some oranges slices
Notes
See the links below for blog posts I published on November 20:
- 2022: Triple Cross
- 2020: Coriander Mayonnaise
- 2019: Veg
- 2017: Grapefruit Tea
- 2016: The McCullagh Inn In Maine
- 2014: Tarragon Vinegar
- 2013: Crème Glaceé, Franschhoek
- 2010: Mushrooms For The Something Savoury Challenge
Don’t forget to save me a slice, please Tandy
with pleasure!
so frustrating isn’t it when those things happen? sometimes it seems like the gods are against us 🙂 I love a citrus cake!
sherry
I could easily make this over and over again 🙂
I would like to try this recipe. I love blood oranges too very much. They will come in the supermarket in end of December. Now I would take this Grapefruits mixed with normal oranges. And I take it in the Muffin forms…
Greetings by Heidrun ❤️
Enjoy them if you make them 🙂
Perfect for tea! I bought some organic oranges last week…3.7euro for a kilo..I was like what? And I just wanted the skins…anyway, this week the whole market was loaded with citrus fruit..and so much cheaper.
We export most of our citrus fruit and I was amazed how expensive it was in France and The Netherlands, compared to here!
Oh Tandy – sorry to hear yall both couldn’t find what yall were looking for.
But – this cake looks amazing and I feel I can smell those 3 oranges in it, through the screen. Yum!
It was yum indeed!
Love the simplicity of that recipe! I bet it would be great with any citrus, or a mixture, too. I’ve got lemons coming in so of course I think of that first.
I am sure it would be divine using lemons 🙂
I love lace sneakers, too. they’re so comfy for walking and running.
And your orange cake sounds delicious.
thank you Balvinder 🙂
I would love a slice right now Tandy, It looks delicious. I’ll have to keep an eye out for blood oranges, haven’t seen them, think they might be finished here.
It’s hard to beat a good orange cake. Pauline (Happy Retirees Kitchen)
We had a very short season this year 🙂
The local market always gets the dregs when I comes to fruit. I bought blood oranges recently for mom and the if a very poor quality.
It is so frustrating to get the ‘seconds’ and usually they have been in cold storage for a year!
Such a lovely bake, Tandy. I really like the bright orange flavour here – simple, fragrant, and so inviting.
Thank you!