This Orange Cake Recipe Uses The Entire Fruit And Comes Together In 1 Blender

Using citrus, like oranges, lemons, or limes, in a cake is not uncommon. But making a cake with an entire orange is! This cake is easy to make, comes with an incredible backstory and is sure to impress all your guests at your next festive gathering when they see it sitting in the middle of the table.

There is something irresistibly comforting about a cake recipe that feels both nostalgic and a little bit magical. This one starts with a whole orange, yes, peel, pith, and all, gently boiled until soft, then whizzed straight into a silky batter using just a blender. The result is a fragrant, moist cake with an intense citrus flavour that tastes like sunshine on a winter afternoon. By boiling the entire orange, it lessens the bitterness of the fruit

peel, making for a great depth of flavour in an otherwise simple cake.

The recipe was shared by food content creator Chef Divya Butani.

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Whole Orange & Cardamom Cake Recipe 

Ingredients:

• 1 – whole medium orange
• 1/2 cup – extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup – maple syrup
• 1 – flax egg
• 1 tbsp – rose water
• 2 cups – all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup – almond flour
• 1.5 tsp – baking soda
• 1/2 tsp – baking powder
• 1 tsp – cardamom powder
• 1/2 tsp – salt

Method:
1. Boil the entire medium-sized orange in water until it is tender. Cut up the fruit and remove any of the seeds. Set it aside to cool a little bit.
2. Till then, prepare the rest of the cake batter. In a blender, add all the wet and dry ingredients. By alternating the dry and wet ingredients it reduces the possibility of the batter developing any lumps and makes it easier to blend.
3. Add the entire orange as well. Blend everything until you get a smooth consistency
5. Bake in a 6-inch bunt cake mould for 30 minutes at 175 degrees Celsius or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Syrup:
Before serving the cake, when you take it out of the oven, drizzle it with an orange icing. You can quickly whip it up by mixing orange juice with powdered sugar. Garnish it with orange segments or a garnish of roughly chopped pistachios that has been lightly toasted to get the best flavour!

Chef Divya Butani also mentions that if you want to make this cake gluten-friendly, you can make a few swaps. She shares that instead of using all-purpose flour, use a mix of rice flour, tapioca starch and potato starch, along with 2 flax eggs instead.