Orange Cake from Urbino, Italy

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 226.5
  • Total Fat: 12.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 83.9 mg
  • Sodium: 82.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 25.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.5 g
  • Protein: 2.8 g

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Introduction

Italian orange torte (not frosted) Italian orange torte (not frosted)
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
    3 tablespoons orange zest (peel)
    pinch of salt
    2 large eggs
    2/3 cup sugar
    2/3 cup cake flour
    3/4 teaspoon baking powder
    3/4 teaspoon orange extract (or lemon or vanilla)
    1 tablespoon rum

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter a 9" quiche pan with removable bottom (line with wax paper, butter the paper, and dust with flour
Soften butter in a bowl to room temperature
When soft, beat the butter until it is the consistency of mayonnaise. Set aside.
Grate the orange.
Measure the flour, baking powder, and salt.
In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs with a wire whisk until fluffy. Gradually add the sugar alternately with the orange extract and rum, beating constantly. Stir in grated orange zest.
Mix 3 tablespoons of the egg-sugar mixture into the softened butter working them together until creamy, then blend this butter with the remaining egg-sugar mixture. Beat with a wire whisk until light. Sift the flour and baking powder gradually into this mixture blending all together with the wire whisk.
Pour the batter into the quiche pan and bake for 30 minutes or until a thin skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool on a cake rack for 10 minutes then remove from the pan. Carefully remove the wax paper and turn the cake right side up to finish cooling.
Serve plain or dusted with confectioners' sugar.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RETIREDAT60.