Coriander and Orange Cake
Brined Oranges
Three weeks ago Coriander helped me to brine some oranges and today they were ready to make into cake…
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toasted
…along with some coriander seeds. The oranges were thoroughly rinsed, drained, then processed into paste. The coriander seeds were toasted and then ground into powder.
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dry
The coriander powder went into the dry ingredients bowl along with baking powder, white flour, brown flour and cornmeal…
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unmixed
…the orange paste went into the wet ingredients bowl, along with yoghurt, honey, eggs, olive oil, and vanilla extract!
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Cake!
The brined orange paste was very alarmingly salty (of course it was!), but we went ahead and assembled the cake as writ. The crumbs we gleaned after the cakes came out of the oven suggested that it wasn’t too salty once everything was mixed together.
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Yummy!
Hitty Coriander said this cake was completely delicious, and though you might think she could be prejudiced because of her name…
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Happy Hittys
…everyone else (Hittys and humans) agreed…
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Optional Whipping cream
…especially with the “optional” whipping cream on top!
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Quimper Hittys 
That sounds a really strange recipe! I am relieved it turned out nice for you all.
It did look strange, but it tasted delicious! We were surprised at how not-salty it was, and how orange-y. The coriander seeds tasted quite different too, they were toasted before being ground up, and didn’t taste in the least like curry!
I’m so pleased for you and your household that the Orange Cake turned out so well. The scenes are again so homey, cozy and warm.
The weather outside makes us want to make soup and cake – and eat them too! It felt like a bit of a gamble with this recipe, but we are so glad we tried it out!
Another culinary masterpiece! Bravo! I’m ALMOST tempted to try it myself – perhaps if fortified with a bit of gin!
Haha, Coriander says that in her experience gin softens fibres, and leads to happy faces, and that the cake is pretty edible even without fortification!
sounds delicious and whipping cream makes it even better.
Whipping cream makes many things better! I am sometimes amazed at my family’s willingness to be experimented on, but in this case, the cake was surprisingly good, everyone agreed!
what a unique cake…it looks and sounds scrumptious! the girls all seem to agree, especially with that “optional” whipped cream!!
Some people in the family (human, Hitty and especially feline) think that all food is just a platform for whipping cream!
Oh that cake would be wonderful with a nice pot of tea! Coriander was so brave to handle that giant whisk when cake baking! 🙂
It was good with tea…and every little whisk helps! Yay Coriander!!!
I wouldn’t mind a salty cake at all, but I’m glad the cake came out tasting sweet enough for dolls and humans alike. That final, candlelit photo is a treasure.
Thanks! 🙂 We will definitely be making this cake again, it was so tasty and kind of unusual!