Italian Orange Almond Cake
Italian Orange Almond Cake

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, italian orange almond cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Italian Orange Almond Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Italian Orange Almond Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have italian orange almond cake using 9 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Italian Orange Almond Cake:
  1. Make ready 1 box or can, almond paste (7-8 ounce quantity) They've recently changed the packaging.
  2. Make ready 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
  3. Prepare 1 cup sugar
  4. Prepare 2 tbsp Orange liquor - ie, Grand Marnier or Cointreau
  5. Get 1 grated zest of a whole orange
  6. Take 5 large eggs, room temperature
  7. Prepare 1/2 cup presifted flour, or cake flour
  8. Make ready 1 tsp baking powder
  9. Take 2 tbsp or more, confectioners sugar for dusting

Citrus fruits and almonds are widely grown and of course largely consumed in sicily, which is an island in the mediterranean region. I actually ate up a large chunk of this cake the first time i made it. Italian Orange Cake - An Italian in my Kitchen. Italian Orange Cake, a moist and delicious made from scratch cake recipe.

Instructions to make Italian Orange Almond Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 325° while preparing recipe. Make sure rack is in middle of oven.
  2. Generously butter and flour a 9" cake pan or a 9" spring form pan. Set aside. (Not on top of oven.)
  3. It is absolutely necessary that the butter and eggs are at room temperature. Don't heat butter to soften.
  4. Break up almond paste by placing it into a food processor, or using an electric mini chopster. Process until it is grainy like the texture of small course grains. Set aside.
  5. In a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until fluffy for 3 minutes.
  6. Add orange liquor, orange zest (HINT: sprinkle the zest across, do not add in one lump) and almond paste. Beat until perfectly blended for 3 minutes.
  7. One by one add in eggs incorporating each separately until each egg is completely blended. Then beat for 3 minutes until mixture is very smooth and fluffy. HINT: break eggs into small glass bowl to make sure there are no egg shell fragments.
  8. Sprinkle on flour and baking powder mix by hand until blended then beat for 1 minute.
  9. Scrape batter into prepared pan and place in middle of rack.
  10. Bake for 55 minutes exactly. No more, no less.
  11. Here's the hard part! DO NOT OPEN OVEN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! RESIST ALL TEMPTATION TO CHECK ON CAKE. If you have a window, check that way. Towards the end of cook time you may think it's burning but it's not.
  12. Remove from oven to wire rack and cool for 15 minutes. Cake will have already slightly pulled away from sides and center could deflate a bit.
  13. After 15 minutes if using a spring form, remove outer ring. If using a cake pan, turn cake upside down onto a plate then invert back onto the wire rack.
  14. Allow the cake to cool completely. You can refrigerate the cake over night. DO NOT wrap in saran/plastic wrap. Lightly wrap in wax paper. Allow cake to come to room temperature before dusting with powdered sugar.
  15. Before dusting with powdered sugar consider using, or making, a stencil to create a beautiful design. It will make them think you got the cake from a bakery.

Italian Orange Frittelle are deep fried dough balls with soft cake like centres. They're partially made with ground almonds and have a lovely orange scent. Last week Martha had on a layer cake with an Orange Almond layer cake and Italian Buttercream Frosting - is this the same cake recipe? I love blood oranges with their intense red coloring and full flavor, and although they are more readily available when we are living in Italy six months a year, from time to time I come across blood oranges here in the US as well. Italian Orange Cake a delicious, easy made from scratch Orange Cake.

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