Sponge Cake

So, I'm usually the type to create my own recipes but when it comes to baking, it's a little harder to just throw stuff together. This recipe I adapted a little from a Glorious Sponge Cake recipe I found on allrecipes.com. I had oranges, so I decided to substitute that for the lemon flavor this recipe had. I also cut the recipe in half because I just wanted a one layer 9 inch sponge cake for a tiramisu, which I will post the recipe for that soon.

3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp Orange juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp Orange extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 tsp Orange zest
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9 inch round cake pan with butter and flour. Separate eggs, and beat yolks until thickened. Add sugar until incorporated. Add orange juice, vanilla extract, Orange extract and almond extract. Add flour and baking powder.

In a separate bowl, beat egg whites to stiff peaks. Add in Orange zest, cream of tartar and salt.

Gently fold egg white mixture to flour mixture.

Pour in prepared pan and bake 40 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Varies on oven.

Citrus Loaf Cake

So I am totally obsessed with Starbuck's Lemon Loaf Cake. It is friggin delicious. I had limes, lemons and oranges and decided to re-create the loaf cake using all the citrusy goodness.

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

3 eggs, room temperature

1 1/4 cup sugar

2 tbsp butter, softened

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp almond extract

1/2 tsp orange extract

1/4 cup orange juice

1/2 cup vanilla yogurt

1 tsp lemon zest

1/2 tsp orange zest

1/2 tsp lime zest

Glaze:

2 tbsp orange juice

1 cup powdered sugar

1/2 tsp orange extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour loaf pan. In large mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In a separate mixing bowl, combine eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla extract, almond extract, orange extract, orange juice, yogurt and zest of lemon, orange and lime. Add flour mixture, in two separate batches, to wet mixture until fully incorporated. Pour into loaf pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.

While loaf is baking, combine juice, powdered sugar and orange extract until smooth. Add more juice if necessary to get desired consistency. Pour glaze over loaf when it comes out of the oven. Slice and enjoy!