Apple Orange Sponge Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 with rack in the middle Butter a 10" tube pan and line the bottom with a ring of parchment paper. In a bowl toss the apples with the sugar and cinamon and set aside to make the batter: in a bowl whisk together the dry ingredients In another bowl whisk together the remaining ingredients with an electric mixer gradually beat in the dry ingredients. spread half of the batter evenly in the prepared pan and scatter half of the apples over the top. Add the remaing batter spreading it evenly and finish with the remaining apples. Bake for 1 1 /2 hours. Cool copletely on a rack. Run a knife around the sides and center tube and invert the canke onto the rack. Invert again onto a serving plate. The cake with keep well wrapped and refrigerated for several days.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 inch round pan.
• Separate the eggs while cold, then bring to room temperature.
• Beat egg yolks, sugar and grated orange rind until light and fluffy. Mix flour and baking powder together. Alternately add flour mixture and orange juice to the egg yolk mixture.
• In a separate large CLEAN bowl, with a CLEAN whisk or beaters, beat egg whites to stiff peaks, and fold into batter.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 50 to 60 minutes.

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 350^. Spray a 10-inch round baking pan. Place apple slices in a bowl and squeeze the juice over them and stir to coat all; set aside. Place butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat until fluffy. add eggs, and vanilla and incorporate well.
• 2. Combine flour, baking powder and beat into batter until smooth. Spread 1/2 the batter in the prepared pan, then 1/2 the apple slices. Repeat with remaining batter and then the remaining apples on top.
• 3. Sprinkle Demerara sugar over top. Bake in 350^ oven for 45-50 minutes until golden brown and springy to the touch. Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes; then cut into squares or bars.
• 4. Caster sugar-- is- finely refined sugar- golden in color Demerara sugar- large grained sugar, rich like molasses flavor which enhances baked goods and remains crunchy through cooking, Great for sprinkling as topping. Like the sugar we use on Christmass cookie decorating. (the large crystals)

Steps:

• Place egg whites in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Sift the flour, 1/3 cup sugar and salt together twice; set aside., In another bowl, beat egg yolks on high speed for 5 minutes or until thick and lemon-colored. Gradually beat in 2/3 cup sugar. Add orange juice and zest; beat 3 minutes longer. Gradually add flour mixture and mix well., Add cream of tartar to egg whites; beat on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in remaining sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter., Gently spoon into an ungreased 10-in. tube pan. Cut through batter with a knife to remove air pockets., Bake on the lowest oven rack at 325° for 45-55 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Immediately invert pan; cool completely, about 1 hour., Run a knife around sides and center tube of pan. Remove cake to a serving plate. For glaze, melt butter in a small saucepan; remove from the heat. Add confectioners' sugar, water and vanilla; stir until smooth. Pour over cake, allowing it to drizzle down sides.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C
• Put the apples,orange juice and rind in a 24x33cm roasting tin,and drizzle with honey. Roast in the oven for 15 minutes,take out,stir,and put back for another 15 minutes. Then take out a leave to cool. Leave the oven on.
• Put the sugar and butter into a mixing bowl and beat until light and soft. Beat in the eggs one by one. Sieve the flour and baking powder into the mixture and mix well.
• Add the cooled apples and stir together with a spoon.
• Butter and flour the same roasting tin that you roasted the apples in. Pour the mixture in to the tin. Bake for 25-30 minutes until well risen or until nice and golden.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. You will need 2 x 20cm loose-bottomed sandwich tins, greased and bases lined with baking parchment. Measure all the cake ingredients into a large bowl (reserve a little orange zest for decoration) and beat with a wooden spoon or electric hand mixer until combined and smooth.
• Divide evenly between the 2 tins. Bake for 20-25 mins or until well risen, lightly golden and shrinking away from the sides of the tins. After 5 mins, remove from the tins and leave to cool on a wire rack.
• To make the icing, put the butter and icing sugar into a bowl and mix with an electric hand mixer until light and fluffy. Stir in the orange zest.
• Remove the paper from the cakes. Sit 1 cake upside down on a plate. Make the glaze by putting the caster sugar and orange juice into a saucepan, stirring over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Boil until reduced by half, then brush half on the upside-down cake, using a pastry brush. Spread half the butter icing over the glazed cake. Sit the other cake on top, brush with the remaining glaze, then spread with the remaining butter icing. Scatter with the reserved orange zest. The cake is best eaten on the day, but will keep for up to 3 days in a cool place. It freezes well un-iced or filled.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until slightly thickened. Gradually add 3/4 cup sugar and beat until thick and lemon-colored. Blend in orange juice and zest. Sift together flour and salt; add to batter. Beat until smooth. In another bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. While beating, add the remaining sugar, 1 tablespoons at a time. Beat until stiff. Fold 1/4 of the egg whites into the batter; then fold in remaining whites. Spoon into an ungreased 10-in. tube pan, smoothing top. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Invert pan over a narrow-neck bottle to cool. , Meanwhile, for glaze, combine water, chopped orange and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Cook until very thick and almost all the water has evaporated. Remove from the heat and blend in confectioners' sugar and butter. Run a knife between the pan and cake. Turn out onto a platter. Spread warm glaze over the top and sides of cake.