I'd been meaning to make some Marmalade ever since I saw some Seville Oranges in our village shop. But before I could get my act together, Mother in Law came round bearing gifts - her own homemade Seville Orange Marmalade.
I decided to use some of it in a Marmalade cake. I'd seen various recipes floating around the web, but the one I turned to was actually in my recipe file, a cut out from the Guardian back in 2003. The recipe is by Nigel Slater and gives a wonderfully moist, orangy cake that is neither too sweet nor too bitter. The icing finishes it off really well although I may try a cream cheese frosting next time. If anyone has any half opened jars of marmalade, this is definitely worth trying.Ingredients:
175 Butter, softened
175g Golden Caster Sugar
Zest of 1 orange
3 Large eggs, beaten
75g Marmalade
175g Self Raising Flour
Juice half an orange
Icing:
100g Icing sugar, sifted
2 TBSP Orange Juice
Method:
Step 1: Preheat oven to 180c and grease and line a loaf tin with baking paper
Step 2: In a mixer (or by hand) cream together the butter and sugar, add in the zest, eggs and marmalade and beat.
Step 3: Fold in flour and orange juice and pour into prepared tin
Step 4: Bake for 40 minutes then turn out onto cooling rack
Step 5: To make icing mix together icing sugar and orange juice then spoon over cooled cake.
Enjoy x
14 comments:
Sounds like it would be a wonderful breakfast cake
That looks yummy! Unfortunately the beloved has knocked my loaf tin down the back of cupboard so can't do any loaves until I replace it, hope I don't miss the seville orange season!
Beth, this looks so yummy!! I'm book-marking this, thanks for sharing.
Maria
x
Oh yum. The cake looks amazing - especially with the glaze on it.
What a refreshing cake!!
This looks so tangy and refreshing, Beth.
Your cake is very tempting! What a lovely gift to receive, I hope you still try making your own.
I love marmalade, this cake looks and sounds divine.
That cake looks good!
Oh that looks so good, and the marmalade is wonderful too. I am craving citrus at the moment.
That Seville marmalade looks divine and I just know it's going to taste good! I was lucky enough to make batches of my own this week.
Your marmalade loaf looks amazing and that is an excellent recipe from Nigel Slater.
Rosie x
You can't go wrong with a Nigel Slater recipe!
This Marmalade cake sounds really good!
Beautiful cake. The funny thing is that I won't ever eat marmalade on toast but...bake it in a cake and ....yum!
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