Orange marmalade cake

2 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ cup All-purpose flour
⅔ cup Granulated sugar
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Baking powder
¼ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Cloves
¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
⅔ cup Soft butter or margarine
½ cup Orange marmalade
3 Eggs
⅓ cup Milk
1 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice
½ cup Chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions

Preparation time: 10 min. Baking time: 55 to 60 min. Oven temperature: 350 degrees F.

This is a nutty, old-fashioned spice cake traditional in the South.

When made with raspberry or blackberry jam it's called " Jam Cake".

For one Bundt cake, 10 to 12 servings, you will need: Vanilla wafer crumbs Sliced oranges, for garnish Caramel Frosting: Combine ¾ cup light brown sugar, ¼ cup whipping cream, 2 teaspoons dark corn syrup, and a pinch of salt in a saucepan. Add 2 tablespoons butter. Bring to a boil. Boil until syrup reaches 234 degrees F on a candy thermometer or until a drop in cold water forms a soft ball. Beat until cooled and creamy.

Preparation:

1. In the large bowl of an electric mixer, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, soda, salt, cloves, nutmeg, butter, marmalade, eggs, milk, lemon juice and nuts.

2. Blend at low speed, scraping the bowl. Increase speed to medium and beat for 2 minutes.

3. Butter an 8½-inch (10-cup) tube type pan. Dust with vanilla wafer crumbs.

4. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 55 minutes or just until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

6. Remove from the oven. Cool 5 minutes.

7. Turn out of pan and finish cooling on a rack.

8. Glaze with Caramel Frosting and garnish with sliced fruit.

Source: Great American Recipes.

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