Blood Orange Layer Cake

Name: Blood Orange Layer Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 liters blood orange sections (about 3 blood oranges); 237 milliliters blood orange juice (about 2 blood oranges); 4 larges eggs; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour, sifted; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh mint; 59 milliliters granulated sugar; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 Tbsps honey; 59 milliliters sifted powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 0 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 79 milliliters whipping cream; 454 grams carton plain yogurt

Blood Orange Layer Cake is a vegetarian recipe with 12 servings. One serving contains 219 calories, 5g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of powdered sugar, honey, whipping cream, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Ricotta Pound Cake with Blood Orange Filling, Whipped Cream Mascarpone Topping and Candied Blood Orange Slices, Orange-Scented Bittersweet Chocolate Cake with Candied Blood Orange Compote, and Blood Orange Pound Cake with an Orange Zest Icing.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 37

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To prepare cake, coat an 8-inch round cake pan with cooking spray; line bottom of pan with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Wax Paper

Cake Form

Combine eggs, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, and salt in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at high speed 2 minutes. Gradually add 1/2 cup granulated sugar, beating until egg mixture is thick and pale (about 3 minutes). Gently fold flour into egg mixture, 1/4 cup at a time. Spoon batter into prepared pan.

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Granulated Sugar

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Salt

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Blender

Bowl

Frying Pan

Bake at 375 for 20 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

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Frying Pan

To prepare filling, place a colander in a 2-quart glass measure or medium bowl. Line colander with 4 layers of cheesecloth, allowing cheesecloth to extend over outside edges. Spoon yogurt into colander. Cover loosely with plastic wrap; refrigerate 12 hours.

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Yogurt

Wrap

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Cheesecloth

Colander

Bowl

Spoon yogurt cheese into a large bowl; discard liquid.

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Cheese

Yogurt

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Bowl

Add honey and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla to yogurt, stirring well with a whisk.

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Vanilla

Yogurt

Honey

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Whisk

Combine cream and powdered sugar in a medium bowl, and beat with a mixer at high speed until soft peaks form. Gently stir one-fourth of the cream mixture into yogurt mixture; gently fold in remaining cream mixture. Cover and chill 15 minutes.

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Powdered Sugar

Yogurt

Cream

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Bowl

Arrange blood orange sections in a single layer on several layers of paper towels, and let stand 5 minutes. Reserve half of the sections; roughly chop remaining sections.

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Orange Slices

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Paper Towels

Combine chopped orange sections and chopped mint. Cover and chill.

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Orange Slices

Mint

To prepare syrup, combine juice and 1/4 cup granulated sugar in a small saucepan; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly with a whisk. Reduce heat; simmer until reduced to 1/4 cup (about 15 minutes).

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Granulated Sugar

Juice