Orange zest cake

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 10 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make orange zest cake? To do this, you will need the most affordable and simple products. Take thicker sour cream, with a fat content of at least 20 percent. You can replace sour cream with kaymak. Butter should be at room temperature, so remove it from the refrigerator in advance.

2. STEP 2

   

   In a bowl, beat eggs with sugar with a mixer until fluffy. There should be a lot of air bubbles on the surface. You can add a little more sugar, especially if the oranges are sour. With the sugar stated in the recipe, the cake turns out moderately sweet, but the oranges were sweet too.

3. STEP 3

   

   Add sour cream and soft butter at room temperature to the eggs and beat again. The butter will remain in the form of small flakes before adding flour, so do not try to achieve complete homogeneity. You should not beat the mixture for a long time, otherwise you will overbeat the eggs and the dough will not rise well.

4. STEP 4

   

   Sift the flour with baking powder and add to the dough.

5. STEP 5

   

   Whisk everything together until smooth.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour orange juice into the dough, add orange zest. Mix everything again until smooth. The dough should be viscous but not very dense. If the dough becomes too thin after adding the orange juice, add a little more flour. Focus primarily on consistency.

7. STEP 7

   

   You can simply sprinkle the finished cake with powdered sugar, but I suggest making a beautiful decoration in the form of caramelized oranges. For this you will need one orange and a teaspoon of sugar.

8. STEP 8

   

   Wash the orange thoroughly, preferably with a brush and, without removing the skin, cut into circles or semicircles.

9. STEP 9

   

   Grease a rectangular cake pan with butter. Sprinkle the bottom of the pan evenly with sugar. Place circles or half circles of fresh oranges on top. Depending on the size of your pan, you will need more or fewer circles.

10. STEP 10

    

    Spread the dough on top and smooth it out. Place the cake in an oven preheated to 180°C for 40-45 minutes. Determine the exact baking time and temperature based on your oven.

11. STEP 11

    

    Turn the finished cake over onto a plate so that the oranges are on top and serve. Due to the sour cream and orange juice, the inside of the cake turns out slightly moist and not very fluffy - after all, this is not sponge dough. Therefore, if you need airy, crumbly biscuit-type baked goods, this recipe does not fit your request. Take this into account. If you want to add airiness to the dough, it is better not to add orange juice. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Corason

10.08.2023

4.9

I made a cupcake with orange zest for tea for dessert. A child helped me with this and happily beat the ingredients with a mixer. I made the dough as described in the recipe. Sprinkle the bottom of the mold with sugar and arrange the oranges. I poured the dough on top and baked it in the oven. What a fragrant cupcake it turned out to be. It is very beautiful and appetizing, thanks to the baked orange circles. The cupcake turned out great. It is soft, doughy and tender. We all drank tea with orange dessert with great pleasure. The recipe is not complicated and quite interesting. Thanks to the author!