Orange Cornmeal Cake (Everyday Food)
My Friday so far.
Get up late.
But want to bake.
Check my Delicious account for items tagged “quick.”
Find this recipe.
Make and bake.
Shower and get ready.
Pull cake out of oven.
Look at clock. Eeck!
Put the hot cake on cooling rack in my car.
Drive to work.
Take some photos in the library (sorry for the bad lighting – it was raining outside). Thanks to the Children's Librarian for letting me borrow a piece of blue construction paper for the background!
And now we are at my lunch hour.
Not much to say besides MAKE THIS CAKE. Here's the recipe!
I used navel or Valencia oranges (can never tell them apart) from my neighbor’s yard (left) and some California grown Cara Cara Oranges (right). Have you had the Cara Cara? They are one of my favorites.
Granulated sugar tops the cake
This cake is super duper simple (one bowl, by hand, no melting, creaming, or getting anything to room temp). It uses olive oil so it’s dairy free (but does contain eggs). You can use either dry white wine or orange juice (I used fresh squeezed orange juice). And, as I joked with a co-worker, it has cornmeal...and that's a vegetable! :)
The only thing I might do different is bake it in a springform instead of a regular cake pan. You have 1/3 cup sugar on top and need to invert it. The springform would make that less messy. Cara Cara orange section garnish the cake.
Here's the recipe for Orange Cornmeal Cake! Make this cake and have a great weekend!!
I'm so impressed that you find time to bake before going to work! I could never do it. The cake looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI love cara cara oranges, too. Your cake looks gorgeous.
ReplyDeletethis cake lookss delicious. I was just searching fo a recipe with cornmeal :)
ReplyDeleteThat looks so gorgeous! And you are quite the multi tasker!
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with those oranges, but they're such a pretty color they must be good! I would love this cake, so I hope I can make it soon!
ReplyDeleteMy mom LOVES anything orange. I think I might make her this cake, only I'd forego the sugar and serve it with a simple chocolate sauce.
ReplyDeleteYum!
Que receta mas buena, te ha quedado perfecta y las fotos estupendas a pesar de lo que has dicho de la luz, a mi me encantan!!
ReplyDeleteI love that this cake recipe is so simple and quick to make. And it looks so moist and delicious. Liking the color of those caracara oranges, like saying the name, too! :)
ReplyDeleteYou inspired me... I made this for a friend's birthday tonight! With blood oranges and whole wheat flour... (since that's all I had). Made for somewhat of a muddy looking cake, but oh yum. This one is definitely a keeper. :)
ReplyDeleteThis has to be the sexist cake I've ever seen! Oh.. and of course it looks yummy!
ReplyDeleteI love that you brought a cake stand to work! The photos look great. The wine sounds like it would be good, too. And I love it when a cake calls for oil.
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i just blogged about how much i love Cara Caras a few days ago haha, this looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteI love the sugar crust on top. looks delicious and I love oranges in a dessert.
ReplyDeleteMmmm that picture looks so yum!
ReplyDeleteNice work with that gorgeous cornmeal cake!
ReplyDeleteOn Friday, I made thick, chewy chocolate chip cookies and this morning I made lemon cake.
We both have the baking bug this weekend! ;)
I love Cara Cara oranges, too. Did you know they are a variety of blood orange? Speaking of which, my tree is loaded, so maybe I should try making this delicious cake.
ReplyDeleteI looove Cara Cara oranges and this cake looks absolutely beautiful! I'm so impressed with your site!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to try it - bookmarking it right now.
ReplyDeleteThat does look really good! I really like how your impromptu library pictures look - especially your background. :) Thanks so much for the tip!
ReplyDeleteThanks for recommending this recipe. It was a so amazingly easy and amazingly delicious! A fellow librarian, Erin
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