Grandmother is a cake that according to tradition is served at Easter. This does not mean, however, that it cannot be eaten in another time of the year. Despite the fact that she is liked, many people do not eat her except for Christmas. I don’t want to wait anymore and I make my grandmother every weekend. My favorite is the orange version.
Orange grandmother with all other grandmothers of course is distinguished by its fruity aroma. This addition of the citrus does a job and it is necessary to prepare this baking. More specifically, the key ingredient from the whole orange will be the orange peel, but not only.
Essential oils hidden in the skin after the clash will free themselveswhich will give an incredible aroma. In addition, it will be conquered by freshly squeezed orange juice. This combination will give the power of orange taste, and the dough will gain uniqueness.
Orange will also be needed to prepare icing. No other combination to create a sweet coating will blend as well as this, just using orange juice. Such a citrus bomb is a real treat for real connoisseurs.
I have always been making orange grandmother from this recipe It just comes out great. The cake is very fluffy and delicate. It is inside extremely moisteven before soaking. Its taste is delicious, but it makes an impression during making. When baking this grandmother The whole house is filled with a unique citrus aromathrough which each with the longing waiting for the baking to be ready to eat.
Cake ingredients:
- 200 g of cake flour,
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder,
- 200 g of soft butter,
- 180 g cukru,
- 3 eggs,
- 60 ml of orange juice,
- grated skin from one orange.
Ingredients for icing:
- 100 g of powdered sugar,
- 2.5 tablespoons of orange juice,
- Half of the orange.
Ingredients for soaking the dough:
- 130 ml orange juice.
Into a bowl Sift cake flour with baking powder and salt. Add soft butter and sugar to a separate dish. Grate the ingredients to obtain a smooth, relatively fluffy mass. The remains that settled on the walls should be collected.
Add eggs to the butter mass, but Before adding each subsequent egg, the previous one is in the mass. Then, mixing all the time, add orange juice and grated lemon zest.
To the resulting mass Add dry ingredients in three parts. Each time, mix the dough only until the ingredients combine, i.e. when the dry powder disappears. Thanks to this, the dough will be light and fluffy.
Baking plate with dimensions 21 x 10 cm Put with baking paper. Put the dough on it and bake it in an oven preheated to 180 degrees Celsius for 50-60 minutes. After 50 minutes, check the dough with a stick. If it is dry, the baking should be finished.
Pull out the finished orange cake out of the oven and immediately prick with a skewer stick immediately. For grandmother Pour freshly squeezed juice orange. Put the dough aside for about 15 minutes to absorb the liquid. After this time, put them in a grid so that it cools down completely.
Prepare icing from the other ingredients. When the dough is cool, Cover its top thoroughly with a sweet topping. Serve the finished orange cake with your favorite tea.
Source: Smher.pl, Terazpoczy.pl
