Orange Slices Recipe

Summary

Difficulty LevelEasyHealth IndexAverage
CuisineAmericanCourseDessert
MethodBakedMain IngredientFruits
Interest GroupEveryday

Ingredients

 
Cake:
 
8 tablespoons (100 g) butter, softened
 
2 tablespoons (25 g) vanilla sugar
 
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon (120 g) sugar
 
Pinch of salt
 
3 eggs, separated, plus 1 egg yolk
 
Grated peel of 2 oranges
 
Juice of 1 orange
 
2/3 cup (90 g) all-purpose flour
 
1 teaspoon baking powder
 
1 cup (100 g) ground almonds
 
2/3 cup (200 g) orange jelly or marmalade
 
Frosting:
 
1-2/3 cups (200 g) powdered sugar, sifted
 
Scant 1/4 cup (50 ml) orange juice
 
1 tablespoon Cointreau

Directions

Grease and flour a 13x9-inch (33x23-cm) cake pan.
Preheat oven to 400°F(205°C).
To make cake, cream butter, vanilla sugar, half the unflavored sugar and salt in a large bowl until pale and fluffy.
Beat in 4 egg yolks one at a time.
Add orange peel and juice.
Beat egg whites until stiff; beat in remaining unflavored sugar.
Fold egg white mixture into creamed mixture.
Sift flour with baking powder.
Stir in almonds; fold into egg mixture.
Spread batter evenly in prepared cake pan.
Bake 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool slightly in pan then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
Cut cooled cake horizontally into 2 layers.
Join layers together with orange jelly or marmalade.
To make frosting, combine powdered sugar, orange juice and Cointreau in a small bowl.
Pour frosting over cake.
Cut into slices when frosting has set.

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