Marmalade Cake

Celeste
Celeste @celeste_xtina_C00K5
Essex

A recipe I found on a page of a magazine I must have torn out years ago (Recipe credit to Jane Curran and Rebecca Smith) but today I finally baked it, because I had a jar of marmalade sitting in the fridge that my daughter wanted for Paddington, but decided she didn't like.

Marmalade Cake

A recipe I found on a page of a magazine I must have torn out years ago (Recipe credit to Jane Curran and Rebecca Smith) but today I finally baked it, because I had a jar of marmalade sitting in the fridge that my daughter wanted for Paddington, but decided she didn't like.

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Ingredients

30 mins
12 servings
  1. the cakes
  2. 1 cupsunflower oil
  3. 1/2 cupwhite sugar
  4. 1/2 cupsoft light brown sugar, any lumps squashed out
  5. 3 largeeggs
  6. 2 1/4 cupall purpose flour
  7. 1 1/2 tspbaking soda
  8. 1 1/2 tspground cinnamon
  9. 1zest of 3 oranges
  10. 1 1/2 tspgrated nutmeg
  11. 2 cupgrated/shredded carrot
  12. 2 cupsultanas
  13. 1/3 cupchopped walnuts
  14. 1 cupdesiccated coconut
  15. 1 tspvanilla extract
  16. the syrup
  17. 1 cuplight brown sugar
  18. 1juice of two oranges
  19. 1/2 cupmarmalade (I used shredless)
  20. the frosting
  21. 2 stickunsalted butter, room temperature
  22. 1juice and zest of 2 oranges
  23. 1 1/2 cupconfectioner's sugar, sifted
  24. 1/4 cupmarmalade, 1 tablespoon of which reserved.

Cooking Instructions

30 mins
  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 150 C/ 300°F

  2. 2

    Butter and line 2* 8 inch cake pans with baking parchmemt

  3. 3

    In a stand mixer bowl or with an electric hand mixer, beat the oil, eggs and sugars until light and fluffy

  4. 4

    Sift in the cinnamin, nutmeg, baking soda and flour, and mix in with a metal spoon until muxture looks smooth.

  5. 5

    Add the other cake ingredients and mix well.

  6. 6

    Divide mixture between the two pans.

  7. 7

    Bake both cakes on the middle shelf for 30-35 minutes.

  8. 8

    To make the syrup, put the juice, sugar and marmalade in a small saucepan, simmer until all melted, then take off the heat, but keep warm.

  9. 9

    Set up a wire rack with something laid underneath it to catch any spilled syrup (kitchen paper or a cloth)

  10. 10

    Take cakes out of the oven and while still wsrm use a skewer to poke holes all over both cakes, then spoon the syrup over the two cakes.

  11. 11

    Allow cakes to cool completely

  12. 12

    To make the frosting, beat the butter until fluffy, add the zest and juice, the marmalade and mix in.

  13. 13

    Mix in the confectioner's sugar. If it splits, don't panic, just keep beating it for a few minutes until it comes back together

  14. 14

    Place the first cake top down on a serving plate or cake dish.

  15. 15

    Spread the reserved marmalade over the base, then spread on the filling (I had enough frosting to do the top of the cake aswell, but if you don't, you can just decorate the top with some orange zest or candied orange peel).

  16. 16

    Place the second cake on top, as usual.

  17. 17

    If you can, try keeping this cake for a few days as apparently it only gets better! :)

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