ORANGE CAKE

My sister, Ivannia, who lives in Costa Rica sent me this recipe. And here is our conversation.

Ivannia: "do it, it is delicious, but you need to use the whole orange included the peel"..

Me: " The peel?? I asked,

Ivannia: " yes, you need the peel, don't worry it tastes delicious and the orange flavor is wonderful".

Me: "But, does not it taste bitter?.

Ivannia: "No at all. Trust me do it.. "

Me: "Ok, I will try it"

and I did...

I found this is a very very easy and delicious recipe. I was afraid that the peel makes a bitter flavor to the cake, but I was wrong, the cake has a very good orange flavor that you can identify that you are eating an orange cake... Wonderful, amazing...

Try this cake, that the only thing you don't need is the seeds.. 

Here is the recipe.

ORANGE CAKE

 

 

Ingredients:

For the cake

1 medium orange unpeeled, (use orange with a thin peel) washed and chopped into squares, discard the seeds
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups of sugar
1/2 cups vegetable oil
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon of baking powder

For the glaze

1 orange juice
2 full tablespoons of confectioner's sugar

Directions:

Preheat the oven 350 F, and prepared a bundt pan with baking spray.

At the blender, pour the orange, eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, and blend until is well combined and the peel is in very small pieces .

Pour this mixture into a ball and add the flour mixed with the baking powder. Gently stir until is well combined.

Pour this batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes or until you insert a baking tester and it comes clean.

Let the cake cool but still warm, and glaze it.

For the glaze: combined the orange juice with the confectioner's sugar until the sugar melts. Let the cake cool complete before cut it.