I couldn’t hold a ‘SWEET SEPTEMBER’ without a great cake recipe and this would have to ‘take the cake’ {pun intended}. This is a deliciously light cake using whole blood oranges from Redbelly Citrus {which I was gifted}.
I often bake cakes with whole oranges, so I thought ‘why not make a delicious cake with whole blood oranges?’. It is an awesome way to use fresh seasonal produce – and heck, who doesn’t like cake?
I like to think that using whole oranges, almond meal and greek yoghurt makes this cake pretty healthy. Enjoy it for morning tea, or afternoon tea, or dessert once the kiddies have final fallen asleep.
BLOOD ORANGE CAKE WITH YOGHURT ICING
4 blood oranges
175 grams of unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups of caster sugar
3 eggs
2 tsps of vanilla bean paste
3/4 cup of almond meal
1 1/2 cups of plain flour
2 tsps of baking powder
3 cups of plain Greek yoghurt
1 cup of icing sugar
1 cup of mascarpone
To make the yoghurt icing, place the yoghurt in a large sieve lined with a double layer of muslin, gather up the edges and tie with string to enclose. Place the sieve over a large bowl to collect any moisture and refrigerate for 24hrs or until the mixture is firm.
Preheat your oven to 160 degrees. Place the blood oranges in a small saucepan and cover with water. Place over high heat and bring to the boil. Reduce to low heat, simmer for 20 minutes or until tender. Remove from the water and cool slightly before pureeing in a food processor. Set aside.
Place the butter and the sugar in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer for 10 minutes or until pale. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well in between. Add the vanilla, almond meal, flour, baking powder and processed blood oranges, mix until well combined.
Pour the mixture into a lined 26cm round cake tin and bake for 50 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Cool in the tin for 15 minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool.
To make the icing, whisk the firm yoghurt, icing sugar and mascarpone together and then use a palette knife to spread over the cooled blood orange cake.
