A colleague, Chi, had his last day with us last week. I found out when his last day was, and decided to make him a cake to ensure that he was seen off in the right fashion.
I had not the faintest idea what kind of cake Chi liked best, so I randomly decided I would make some kind of orange cake based on the number of oranges I had in the fridge. A lot of recipes that I came across were of the boiled orange/flourless variety. Not having a couple of hours to boil oranges, I was very excited when I landed on the recipe for Citrus Sunbeam Layer Cake from The Clandestine Cake Club Cookbook.
You can also find the recipe for this cake online here. I chose to make only a half recipe, and made two orange layers and one lemon layer, as I wanted my cake to focus on the orange. I also substituted Cointreau for the limoncello to bring out the orange flavour. I left the alcohol out of the icing completely - mainly because I forgot to add it.
To decorate the cake, I used black writing icing (a winner) and popping candy (not a good idea - it all popped as soon as I put it on the cake and went quite sticky looking).
Despite my off-centre writing and sticky popping candy decoration, Chi was very pleased with his cake, and a number of people told me they enjoyed it. I'll count that as a keeper in my books.
Gaye, what a nice thought - love that you made that wonderful cake for one of your colleagues!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Sunday! (fun fact about those popping candies...made me smile on this very early Sunday morning)
Andrea
Oh that is a half cake? That looks like a good size! And yes I have done that with popping candy too and it popped too quickly.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of orange and lemon layers - I've made a few orange cakes and like you say, so many are the standard flourless and boiled orange variety. This looks like a nice change.
ReplyDeleteHow thoughtful of you to bake a cake for your colleague. Never heard of popping candies before, will have to check that out. Love the black lettering!
ReplyDeleteLove your decoration - it's so cheerful!
ReplyDeleteAnd so I think Chi should be pleased with your beautiful cake - wish I worked with such thoughtful colleagues as you!
ReplyDeleteBTW if you even need 'boiled' oranges quickly they don't take long in the microwave if you have one. But I quite like the sound of this cake and the layers
All the layers offer something unique and delicious :D
ReplyDeleteLove the colour!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
I would count that as a keeper as well, it looks beautiful, the inside is just so appealing. Citrus...one can't go wrong with citrus ever!! Nice way to send Chi off to his new life.
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