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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 80 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Ingredients:
2 cups cake flour |
1 tablespoon baking powder |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
1/2 cup buttermilk |
1/4 cup orange juice |
1 teaspoon grated orange rind |
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, divided |
1/4 cup vegetable oil |
1 egg yolk |
4 egg whites |
confectioners' sugar (to garnish) |
orange strip (to garnish) |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350*.
2. Spray a 6 cup decorative or plain tube pan with vegetable cooking spray.
3. Dust with flour.
4. Set aside.
5. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
6. In a small bowl, combine buttermilk, orange juice and grated orange peel.
7. Mix well.
8. In a large bowl, stir together 1 cup sugar, oil, and egg yolk until crumbs form.
9. Stir in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
10. In a medium mixing bowl, using an electric mixer set on high speed, beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
11. Beat in remaining sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, until stiff peaks form.
12. Gently fold egg whites into batter.
13. Pour into prepared pan.
14. Bake until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
15. Place on a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes.
16. Turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.
17. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar; garnish with orange peel strips.
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