Orange Easter Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 360 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with butter.
• Mix flour, sugar, milk, olive oil, orange juice, orange zest, eggs, baking powder, vanilla extract, and nutmeg in a large bowl until batter is well combined.
• Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool before serving.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. You will need 2 x 20cm loose-bottomed sandwich tins, greased and bases lined with baking parchment. Measure all the cake ingredients into a large bowl (reserve a little orange zest for decoration) and beat with a wooden spoon or electric hand mixer until combined and smooth.
• Divide evenly between the 2 tins. Bake for 20-25 mins or until well risen, lightly golden and shrinking away from the sides of the tins. After 5 mins, remove from the tins and leave to cool on a wire rack.
• To make the icing, put the butter and icing sugar into a bowl and mix with an electric hand mixer until light and fluffy. Stir in the orange zest.
• Remove the paper from the cakes. Sit 1 cake upside down on a plate. Make the glaze by putting the caster sugar and orange juice into a saucepan, stirring over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Boil until reduced by half, then brush half on the upside-down cake, using a pastry brush. Spread half the butter icing over the glazed cake. Sit the other cake on top, brush with the remaining glaze, then spread with the remaining butter icing. Scatter with the reserved orange zest. The cake is best eaten on the day, but will keep for up to 3 days in a cool place. It freezes well un-iced or filled.

Steps:

• Add boiling water to gelatin mix in large bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in cold water; pour 1-1/2 cups into 9-inch round pan sprayed with cooking spray. Refrigerate 2 hours or until gelatin is set but not firm.
• Stir milk into remaining gelatin until blended. Add dry pudding mix; beat with whisk 2 min. Stir in oranges and 2 cups COOL WHIP; spoon over gelatin layer in pan. Top with layer of cookies. (Pan will be full.) Cover.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until gelatin is firm. Run knife around edge of pan to loosen dessert; unmold onto plate. Garnish with remaining COOL WHIP.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch cake pan with 2-inch sides, then dust with sugar and flour.
• Beat the eggs with the sugar to pale yellow ribbons. Beat in the milk, oil and orange zest. In a small bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture a tablespoon at a time, stirring well after each addition.
• Pour batter into prepared cake pan and bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until middle of cake springs back when lightly touched. Remove cake from oven, let cool slightly on a rack, then invert and cool completely.
• Meanwhile, prepare the syrup: Use a sharp paring knife to cut the orange rind off the orange used for zest and the remaining orange, leaving the bitter white pith on the orange. Cut the skin into very thin strips and reserve. Cut away and discard the white pith, remove the orange supremes, and reserve.
• In a large saucepan, combine the orange juice, sugar, and thin orange strips. Bring to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes, or until a thick syrup. Strain the syrup and reserve the orange strips, along with 1/2 cup of the syrup. Use a toothpick to poke holes in the top of the cake, then pour the warm strained syrup all over the cake so that it soaks through.
• Place the remaining 1/2 cup syrup in a small saucepan, bring to a simmer and reduce to a few tablespoons. Use a spatula to spread the thick glaze over the top of the cake. Place cake on a serving platter, and arrange the reserved orange strips and orange supremes on top of the cake.

Steps:

• 1. Sift flour once and then measure. Add baking powder and salt. Add lemon and orange rind to butter, and cream thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy.
• 2. Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Add flour alternately with combined fruit juices and water, a small amount at a time. Beat after each addition until smooth.
• 3. Bake in two greased 9 inch layer pans. In a moderate oven (375F.) 20-25 minutes till done. When cake is cool and out of the pans.
• 4. Whipped Orange Frosting recipe: STEP 1. Juice and rind of 1 another orange, 2 tablespoons flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 whole egg Mix all ingredients together,and cook over boiling water until thick. Allow this to get cold. STEP 2. Whip 1 cup of whipping cream till stiff. Then carefully fold orange mixture into the cold whipped cream. STEP 3.Spread frosting between cake layers, and on top and sides of cake. Keep refrigerated,till ready to serve. Believe me..you're taste buds will explode!!!
• 5. QUOTE: "There isn't nothing a good cake won't fix"