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Cake: Marmalade Cake

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This citrus cake is decorated with thin slices of candied orange peel. If you have any left over, roll them in sugar and dip in melted icing for a sweet treat.

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Ingredients

  • Special Equipment:
  • Candied Orange Peel
  • 2 navel oranges, scrubbed
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 whole star anise
  • 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
  • Cake
  • 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
  • 3/4 cup dried currants
  • 1/2 cup Grand Marnier or other orange-flavored liqueur
  • 1 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 3/4 cup (packed) light brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
  • 3 tablespoons (heaping) orange marmalade
  • 2 tablespoons finely grated orange zest
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup whole milk or half-and-half
  • A 9"-diameter springform pan

Details

Servings 8
Adapted from bonappetit.com

Preparation

Step 1

Candied Orange Peel
Using a sharp knife, cut all rind and white pith from oranges in wide strips. Trim off any flesh still clinging to the white pith. Place peel in a small heavy saucepan. Add cold water to cover; bring to a boil. Drain. Repeat with cold water. Drain; reserve peel.
Combine sugar and 2 cups water in same saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Add the orange peel, star anise, and vanilla bean. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, partially covered and stirring occasionally, until peel is soft and syrup has thickened, 50–60 minutes. Let cool slightly. Transfer peel to a cutting board and thinly slice. Return peel to syrup. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 week ahead. Place in a jar, cover, and chill.

Cake
Preheat oven to 350°. Butter pan. Line with a parchment-paper round; butter paper. Bring currants and Grand Marnier to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat and let steep.
Meanwhile, sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat 10 Tbsp. butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in orange juice, marmalade, and orange zest. Beat in eggs one at a time, blending well between additions (mixture may look curdled).
Add dry ingredients in 3 additions and milk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with dry ingredients and beating to blend between additions. Beat in any Grand Marnier not absorbed by the currants. Fold in currants. Pour batter into prepared pan; smooth the top.
Bake cake until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean and the top is golden, 40–45 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.
Remove pan sides from cake. Invert onto a serving plate. Arrange candied orange peel over and brush with some of syrup, if desired.

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