Description
CAKE FLOUR
A flour with an excellent tolerance to a high amount of butter and sugar. Best used for sponge cakes and very rich cakes like pound cakes.
Mini Orange Pound Cake Recipe
INGREDIENTS
CAKE
220g | Prima Cake Flour |
½ tsp | Baking Powder |
240g | Softened Butter |
200g | Caster Sugar |
2 nos | Whole Eggs |
3 nos | Egg Yolks |
1 tsp | Vanilla Essence |
½ tsp | Salt |
3 tsp | Grated Orange Zest (approx. 3 oranges) |
BUTTERCREAM
113g | Unsalted Butter (Softened) |
250g | Sifted Confectioner’s Sugar / Icing Sugar |
½ tsp | Vanilla Extract |
3 – 5 tbsp | Whipping Cream |
CANDIED ORANGE PEEL
100ml | Water |
100g | Caster Sugar |
1 no | Orange (Peel only) |
PROCEDURE
- Preheat oven to 180oC.
- Sift the flour and baking powder together. Set aside.
- Line a cupcake pan with cupcake paper liners.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- In a separate bowl,lightly beat the eggs and yolks together and add the vanilla essence, salt and orange zest.
- Mix the egg mixture into the creamed butter sugar mixture.
- Slowly add sifted flour mixture until well mixed.
- Spoon the batter into cupcake paper liners.
- Bake at 180oC for about 15 – 20 minutes until the mini cakes are light golden brown.
- Remove from cupcake pan and set aside to cool.
BUTTERCREAM
- Beat the softened butter using a paddle attachment on medium speed for 3 minutes.
- Add the sifted confectioner’s sugar and stir on low until incorporated.
- Add in the vanilla extract and whipping cream. Beat on medium-high for 3 minutes, stopping to scrape the side of the bowl once or twice.
CANDIED ORANGE PEEL
- Peel the orange peel using a peeler. Using a knife, cut as much pith off the peel as possible.
- Cut the orange peel into very thin slices. Set aside.
- Boil the water and sugar together until thick and bubbly.
- Add the orange peel. Cook for about 1 – 2 minutes or until slightly translucent and soft.
- Drain off the syrup and let the peel cool off.
ASSEMBLING
- Pipe a small swirl on top of the cake, place a few curls of the candied orange peel on top of the swirl.
- Serve.