Whole Orange Cake

I was flipping through a magazine (thank you airline miles freebie) and saw this recipe.  I immediately tore out the page and recycled the rest.  We happen to have a Costco sized box of oranges in the garage, and I knew it would make the perfect breakfast dessert.

Mmmmmm.

I was right.

Loaded with orange flavor, tender flecks of peel; moist and not too sweet. 

This one's going on my Pinterest board. 

There will be Whole Orange Cake again in our future.

Whole Orange Cake

serves 12

 1 cup butter, softened

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

3 large eggs, room temperature

2 whole oranges

*ends trimmed, cut into chunks,

seeded and processed in a food processor

(skin and all!)

until mostly smooth but not pureed*

2 1/2 cups flour

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

Glaze

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

2 TBSP plus 1 tsp orange juice

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Coat a 10-cup bundt pan with oil spray.

In a large bowl mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until fluffy.  Beat in eggs.  Add 1 1/2 cups pureed whole orange mixture to batter and mix until blended.  Add dry ingredients and mix until smooth.  Spread batter in prepared pan.

Bake about 50-55 minutes.

Cool pan for 10 minutes then invert pan to remove cake.

Invert cake onto plate and drizzle with glaze.

Let the glaze set then slice the cake.