Here is the cake my daughter baked me yesterday for my brithday- a beautifully prepared marmalade cake. It was scrumptious! Marmalade Cake
(Semi-adapted from Cooking Light magazine, 2003)
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Inactive Prep Time: 2 hours
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Serves 16
For Marmalade Cake you will need:
3 cups sifted cake flour
1½ teaspoons baking soda
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, softened
1¾ cups sugar, plus ¼ cup
grated rind of 1 large orange
1 tablespoons vanilla extract
1 large egg
3 egg whites
1¼ cups buttermilk
1 cup milk
½ cup fresh orange juice
For Jelly Filling & Topping you will need:
1/3 cup total of mixed berry jam and marmalade, plus about ½ cup of marmalade
For Sour Cream Frosting you will need:
½ cup low-fat sour cream
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
¼ cup confectioner’s sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and coat 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray or butter.
Lightly spoon sifted cake flour into large bowl with baking soda. Place butter in bowl of electric mixer with paddle attachment. Beat butter first to avoid butter clumps in batter (about 2 minutes). Gradually add in 1¾ cups sugar until well blended. Beat in orange rind and vanilla. Add egg and egg whites, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Combine buttermilk and milk in a small bowl. Add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Pour batter into prepared cake pans, and sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles. Bake for about 25 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire rack.
After cakes have cooled, combine orange juice and ¼ cup sugar; stir until sugar dissolves. Pierce the cake layers with a wooden pick and slowly drizzle the juice mixture over cake layers. After cake layers are drenched with fresh orange syrup, carefully transfer 1 layer to a serving plate and spread with 1/3 cup mixed berry jam and marmalade. Top with remaining layer and spread ½ cup marmalade on top.
In bowl of electric mixer, beat heavy cream, teaspoon vanilla, and confectioner’s sugar until thick. Fold sour cream into whipped topping and spread over sides of cake. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours.
Umm Mymoonah says
Lovely looking cake, my belated wishes to you.
ann@Apples and Twinkies says
Happy Birthday, Catherine. What a wonderful daughter you have to make you such a beautiful cake!
Allie and Pattie says
Gorgeous! Che buona figlia che hai! I made a pound cake yesterday swirled with my ginger/pear preserves, but my Dad LOVES marmalade so this will be next! 🙂
xoxo Pattie
roz says
What a special and also beautiful cake. Your daughter is so kind to prepare this for you! Buon Compliano, Catherine! Blessings, Roz
Mary says
What a perfect cake. It looks lovely and I'm sure it is delicious. I hope you had a fabulous day. Blessings...Mary
Tv Food and Drink says
Look at that gooey top! I want to shrink myself to the size of a thumb and roll around on it. Happy birthday to you! - Gary
muppy says
Happy birthday, and what a gorgeous looking cake!
Ana Rita says
Happy Birthday Catherine!!!
What a beautifull gift cake...It was made with love therefor it's delicious...
Kisses,
Rita
Tanna at The Brick Street Bungalow says
Aside from the fact that this cake looks absolutely delicious, how very wonderful to enjoy a cake your daughter baked with love for your birthday! An extra special gift!
Joanne says
Like mother, like daughter in the kitchen I see! That cake looks fabulous!
Pegasuslegend says
Two gifted cooks in the family you are truly blessed this looks wonderful!
Nancy and Vijay says
It's Beautiful!
Claudia says
So sunny and welcoming! Happy birthday. Isn't it grand to have a daughter that bakes? And bakes beautifully. Twice blessed.
Reeni says
such a lovely cake Catherine! I hope you had a joyful day!
elle marie says
Marmalade is one of my favorite preserves... esp when I get a bite of the bitter peel.. the cake sounds really fabulous..
kitchen flavours says
What a delicious and beautiful cake, extra special, made by someone special!
OLLIE MCKAY'S ~ A Chic Boutique says
Yummy Yummy!! And belated Happy B-day wishes! P.S. Our daughter lives in NYC right now as a Pediatric ER nurse at NY Presb. We love visiting! and we love several of the awesome little teeny Italian restaurants that we have come across!
Betsy from Tennessee says
Hi Catherine, Thanks for coming to my blog. I am enjoying yours... Happy Birthday --a few days late!!!!
Love that cake your daughter made for you... YUM---I love marmalade!!!! The pictures made my mouth water... ha ha
Sounds like your daughter is falling in her Mom's footsteps when it comes to cooking and baking... That is NEAT.
Hugs,
Betsy
Jamie says
This sounds delicious. I am so glad I found your blog. I'm a new follower and I'm having a party over at my blog http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/ I would love it if you stopped by and shared your recipes.
Pearl says
Belated happy birthday Catherine!
A sweet cake for a sweet mom:-)
God bless you even more. xo
Pearl says
P.S. My computer was reformatted because of a virus. Now I'm trying to drop on EC but the widget on blogs is not appearing. I don't know if it's just me (am i an isolated case or not)...please drop me a message if you were able to drop on EC today. thanks Catherine! xo
Rita says
Happy Birthday Catherine!
What a lovely cake your daughter made and it is just my kind of recipe; keeping this one.
Rita
A little bit of everything says
Wow! the cake looks fantastic. your daughter did a wonderful job.
Happy birthday Catherine!
Gulmohar says
You must be a proud mamma..Glad to know that you had a terrific day 🙂
Don E. Chute says
Catherine--
Happy Birthday and Bless you.
Now your really killing me, going with the deserts.
OMGosh, if that picture was in 3D I would just reach out and eat it.
All is well here, moving soon:>)
PLU
Rose Whisperer says
Like I said (on Facebook), this cake is simply gorgeous, and the recipe is so simple and nice. I like the fact that the marmalade is blended with the mixed berries (I love marmalade, but some find it strong). Your daughter is a treasure, Catherine!
STACEY MAUPIN TORRES
Sarah says
thank you very much for following my site ma'am 🙂
Magic of Spice says
Beautiful cake!
ladyguinevere28 says
yummy i will try this and I added you in my blog list. Hope you will add me to. thanks
Shela says
One of my Fav!Yum!