Yesterday was Palm Sunday and in the Italian household that calls for a special meal. So i decided to make a Sicilian meal based on a recommendation from our cugina in Sicilia. I made Pasta Al Forno with the pasta wheels, which I was told was a real Sicilian dish because I used the right pasta. Yea! The pasta wheels were the wheels of the Sicilian wagons. I served it with some fresh bread and the peas that my MIL makes that I love.
So with dinner must come a dessert. I looked up a recipe to make something different, yet tasty. I decided to make a Sicilian Orange Cake. It looked pretty simple and I loved the fact that it called for fresh pressed orange juice. Lucky for me I have fruit in the house at all times.
We were going to be heading over to the inlaws later that night, so I came bearing sweets to share.
This was the website I found it on: http://www.bebetsy.com/orange-cake/, but yet again I switched and changed it to my own.
SICILIAN ORANGE CAKE
2 Sticks of Butter (room temp)
1 1/4 cups of sugar
4 eggs
2 tspn of orange zest
2 cups of flour
1/3 cup of freshly squeezed OJ
Glaze
1 cup of powdered sugar
1 tsp of water
4 tsp of fresh OJ
Using the electric beater, cream the butter and the sugar together. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Then add in the orange zest and the fresh pressed OJ. Last add in the flour as you are beating the mixture. Have a greased bunt pan or regular pan ready and spoon in the mixture. Cook for about 40-50 min on 340F. When golden brown, take out and leave in pan to cool. If in a bunt flip onto a pan and add the glaze. I then added some sliced strawberries, and then added a little more powdered sugar on top.
I will be making this cake again as it tasted like a pound cake with a faint hint of orange. Enjoy!
So with dinner must come a dessert. I looked up a recipe to make something different, yet tasty. I decided to make a Sicilian Orange Cake. It looked pretty simple and I loved the fact that it called for fresh pressed orange juice. Lucky for me I have fruit in the house at all times.
We were going to be heading over to the inlaws later that night, so I came bearing sweets to share.
This was the website I found it on: http://www.bebetsy.com/orange-cake/, but yet again I switched and changed it to my own.
SICILIAN ORANGE CAKE
2 Sticks of Butter (room temp)
1 1/4 cups of sugar
4 eggs
2 tspn of orange zest
2 cups of flour
1/3 cup of freshly squeezed OJ
Glaze
1 cup of powdered sugar
1 tsp of water
4 tsp of fresh OJ
Using the electric beater, cream the butter and the sugar together. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Then add in the orange zest and the fresh pressed OJ. Last add in the flour as you are beating the mixture. Have a greased bunt pan or regular pan ready and spoon in the mixture. Cook for about 40-50 min on 340F. When golden brown, take out and leave in pan to cool. If in a bunt flip onto a pan and add the glaze. I then added some sliced strawberries, and then added a little more powdered sugar on top.
I will be making this cake again as it tasted like a pound cake with a faint hint of orange. Enjoy!