Whole orange cake recipe

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Finish the Christmas feast with this beautiful whole orange cake. Fresh oranges 'rind' off this dessert beautifully!

Ingredients (serves 12)
2 small (400g) oranges
125g butter, melted
1 cup milk
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
1 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup almond meal (ground almonds)
Orange zest, to decorate
Orange icing
1 1/2 cups pure icing sugar, sifted
10g butter
2 tablespoons orange juice

Method
Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease a 24cm (base) fluted ring pan. Place oranges in a saucepan. Cover with cold water. Bring to the boil. Drain. Return to saucepan. Cover with cold water. Bring to the boil. Drain. Set aside until cool enough to handle.

Roughly chop oranges. Remove and discard seeds. Process orange until smooth. Transfer to a bowl. Stir in butter, milk, eggs, flour, sugar and almond meal until combined. Pour mixture into prepared pan.

Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a skewer inserted in cake comes out clean. Stand cake in pan for 10 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack over a tray. Cool.

Make icing Place sugar, butter and orange juice in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Stir for 5 minutes or until smooth. Set aside for 5 minutes or until slightly thickened. Pour over cake. Top with orange zest. Stand for 15 minutes or until set. Serve.

Notes
Bringing the oranges to the boil twice removes some of the bitterness and softens the peel and pith.

Tip: You can find citrus zesters in the kitchen supply section of supermarkets.

Source
Super Food Ideas - July 2010, Page 77
Recipe by Kim Coverdale