Orange Slices Recipe
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.
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.