Winter, oranges and between...

I had some oranges in the fruit bowl, waiting for somebody to pick them up and eat them or squeez them and drink them. For heaven's sake just anything would be fine. But nothing, DD and DH didn't have the mood for oranges this year I guess and I was too busy and too lazy to peel an orange and eat it without beeing interupted by diaper changing,feeding or chasing after my little Mary Poppins.I felt really sorry for them, they were so beautiful ,round and juicy and I just didn't have the heart to let them rot in that fruit bowl.So I decided to make a cake with them. Why not? It's winter, oranges are in season, so they taste heaven, and so would the cake I believe.I looked in the internet for some orange cakes recipes,and I didn't like any of the recipes that I found. At the end, I remembered that I had a recipe for an easy Orange cake on my Moulinex booklet (As funny as it might sound, this cake was the best orange cake I have ever tasted so far) it is easy, rich and moist but there is one problem with this cake: It will not survive until the next day, and you will feel such a pig because of that!

Happy Baking!

Orange Cake
makes 6 servings

Ingredients
175 gr flour
175 gr custer sugar
175 gr butter (room tempreture)
2 ts baking powder
3 eggs
A juice of 4 oranges (1/4 for the cake and 3/4 for the orange glaze)
A zest of two oranges
Coconut flakes for garnish (optional)

For the glaze:
125 gr confectioners' sugar
3/4 orange juice

Method
Beat eggs and sugar with an electric mixer for a minute.Add butter and mix for another minute.Add flour, baking powder and zest and mix just until incorporated.Finally, add 1/4 orange juice and mix for another 30 sec.Pour mixture into a greased and dusted 26cm pan and bake for 40 minutes at 160°c or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake, comes out clean.

Orange Glaze:
In a small saucepan,put together confectioners' sugar and 3/4 orange juice and bring to simmer for 7 minutes on a medium fire. when glaze is ready, pour on cake while still hot and sprinkle over the coconut flakes.