Orange cake for Grandpa

Ingredients

Cake

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/8 cup sugar
  • 1 3/4 cup flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 large orange
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Glaze

  • Juice of one orange
  • 1/2 cup sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheight
  2. Grease 8 inch springform, and place a circle of parchment paper on bottom. Grease paper.
  3. Add sugar and eggs to large bowl, beat until fluffy
  4. Add baking powder, flour, vanilla, and softened butter in small increments
  5. Mix completely
  6. Add in yogurt
  7. Blend orange until pureed
  8. Add into mixture
  9. Place into pan
  10. Bake for 50 minutes
  11. For glaze, melt sugar in orange juice and simmer for 4 minutes
  12. Spoon over full cake
  13. Let cool and enjoy!

Recipe from Christina Cucina.

Orange Tanghulu

Ingredients

  • Clementine oranges
  • Sugar
  • Water
  • Skewers or toothpicks

Instructions

  1. Add two parts sugar to one parts water to a small pot
  2. Stir at low heat until sugar has dissolved
  3. Turn heat up and boil until it reached 300 degrees fahrenheight (8-10 minutes)
  4. Skewer orange sections and swirl in syrup
  5. Place skewers off to the side and let cool until hardened
  6. Remove oranges from skewers and use as (delicious!) decor

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