Orange Cointreau Cake Recipes

ORANGE COINTREAU CAKE

Steps:

• For genoise: Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Lightly butter and flour a 9 inch cake pan.
• Beat eggs and sugar in large, heatproof bowl until well-blended.
• Place bowl over low heat and whisk mixture by hand 40 times (about 1 minute).
• Return bowl to mixer and beat until cool and quadrupled in volume.
• Gently fold in flour, then butter, do not overmix.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake until cake begins to pull away from side of pan and top feels springy to the touch, 20-25 minutes.
• Invert onto rack and let cool.
• For custard: Finely grate zest off the 2 oranges; reserve oranges.
• Blend yolks, sugar, cornstarch and flour in medium bowl of mixer until smooth and lemon-coloured.
• Scald milk.
• Whisk thin stream of hot milk into yolk mixture and pour custard back into saucepan.
• Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thick and smooth, about 10 minutes.
• Add peel.
• Place plastic wrap directly onto surface and cool completely.
• To assemble: Cut cake into 3 even layers using a long, serrated knife.
• Brush each layer with some of the Cointreau.
• Set 1 layer on a cake plate and spread with half of custard.
• Repeat with second layer.
• Add third layer.
• Frost top and sides with whipped cream.
• Thinly slice and remove membranes from sections of reserved oranges.
• Try to make attractive pieces.
• Decorate top of cake with these if desired.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

ORANGE COINTREAU CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 170°c (338°f)
• Add baking powder and salt to flour and mix .
• With a a cake mixer, mix butter and sugar to a creamy mass. This will take approximately 3minutes.
• Add eggs two at a time and mix on high speed between each addition.
• Add flour mixture half a cup at a time, cointreau and orange rind.
• Bake for 40minutes or till skewer comes out clean.

COINTREAU MELT-IN-YOUR-MOUTH CAKE

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, orange juice and Cointreau.
• Beat well for 10 minutes.
• Pour into lightly greased bundt pan.
• Bake at 350 for 45- 60 minutes until done.
• Let stand 10 minutes.
• Turn out of pan.
• While cake is baking, boil sugar, butter, orange juice and Cointreau for roughly 5 minutes.
• Pour over cake while cake is still warm.
• To serve, top each slice with fresh raspberries and a sprinkle of orange peel.

OLD-FASHIONED ORANGE LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in orange juice and zest. Add flour to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition., Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a large bowl, beat butter until light and fluffy. Add the confectioners' sugar, orange juice and zest; beat until smooth. Spread glaze between layers and over the top and sides of cake.