Orange Cake
Ingredients
Cake:
Ingredients:
- o 25 thin slices of oranges Valencian orange.
- o 263 g white sugar.
- o 156 g all-purpose flour.
- o 82 g corn flour.
- o 8 g baking powder.
- o 1 pinch of salt.
- o 50 g Grand Marnier liqueur.
- o 1 teaspoon of orange blossom or vanilla extract.
- o 3 eggs.
- o 280 g olive oil.
Cardamom syrup:
Ingredients:
- o 100 g sugar.
- o 100 g water.
- o 4 cardamom pods.
Instructions
Cake:
Preparation:
- Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Beat eggs and 200 g of sugar until they become pale and form ribbons or a figure 8 shape. Add Grand Marnier and slowly pour in olive oil in a steady stream on high speed. When fully mixed, lower the speed and slowly add in the dry ingredients.
- In a springform pan lined with parchment paper on the bottom, sprinkle the remaining sugar. Arrange the slices of oranges in a spiral formation, one on top of the other, until the entire base is covered.
- Once the oranges are arranged, pour the batter into the pan. Bake in the middle rack of a preheated oven at 400°F for 35 minutes.
- Remove from the oven when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- The cake should be baked on top of a tray as it may release syrup.
Cardamom syrup:
Preparation:
- Boil sugar and water with the cardamom pods.
- Once it boils, add the slices of oranges.