Best Mandarin Orange Cake
This mandarin orange cake is one of the best and most flavorful cake recipes I have made. I love both mandarin orange and poppyseeds, and the mix of them was incredibly delicious.
Ingredients
For the batter you will need:
- 3 eggs
- 2 medium mandarin oranges
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup melted butter mixed with vegetable oil (you can also use only butter or oil)
- zest and juice of one lemon
- 2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 14 g baking powder
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
- 1 tbsp poppy seeds to sprinkle over the cooking pan (optional)
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- A pinch of salt
(Optional) For the mandarin cream, you will need:
- The juice of 4 mandarin oranges
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp corn starch
(Optional) For the caramelized orange skin, you will need:
- The skin of 4 or 5 mandarin oranges
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
- water
Instructions
Prepare the cake
- To prepare the mandarin orange butter you will need, first, to soak the oranges in hot water and cover them for around 30 minutes.Then, cut the oranges into small pieces while keeping the skin, remove oranges seeds if any before blending them in your food processor.
- Mix well the wet ingredients: eggs, sugar, butter and oil, and lemon juice and zest.
- Add the orange mixture and mix until everything is perfectly combined.
- Now add the flour mixed with the baking powder and mix gently using a spatula. when incorporated, the poppy seeds and the vinegar and mix again.
- Grease a loaf pan using butter or oil spray, sprinkle it with poppy seeds, then transfer the mixture to it.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 170°C for around 40 minutes. You can check the cooking by inserting a toothpick. When it comes out clean, the cake is perfectly cooked.
- When the cake is cooked, let it rest for 10 minutes, then remove it from the pan and let it cool in a wire rack.
- Serve it topped with mandarin orange cream and garnished with caramelized mandarin skin.
