Larrys Sunshine Cake

This makes a rather heavy cake but the mixture of orange and lemon tastes really great. Perhaps using orange juice instead of concentrate would bring about a lighter cake – but I’ll leave that up to you.

 INGREDIENTS

1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
2    teaspoons baking powder
1    teaspoon salt
1    cup granulated sugar
1    whole egg
2    egg yolks
½   cup olive or similar oil
¾   cup concentrated orange juice
      grated rind of 1 medium orange

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Butter and flour two round layer cake pans, tapping out the excess flour.

In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a smaller bowl, combine the sugar, egg and egg yolks and add to the larger bowl. Add the oil, orange concentrate and grated rind and mix well.

Place half of the batter into each cake pan and tip to level the batter. Cook in the middle of the oven for 12 to 14 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow them to cool.

ICING

2    packages (8 ounce) cream cheese, softened
1    cup confectioners’ sugar (powdered)
2    tablespoons lemon juice
½   teaspoon vanilla extract
      grated rind of one lemon

Thoroughly mix all ingredients.

Peel the orange used above and, using a mandolin, slice it into 8 or 9 thin slices. Ice the first layer of the cake, add the orange slices and set the second layer on top. Ice the top layer and place one (or more) orange slices on top.