{"id":36046,"date":"2018-11-12T06:30:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T17:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=36046"},"modified":"2018-10-11T20:09:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T07:09:07","slug":"the-quest-for-the-orange-cake-grail-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2018\/11\/12\/the-quest-for-the-orange-cake-grail-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quest For The Orange Cake Grail Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fresh from the oven<\/p><\/div>\n

On 1 October, I resumed my quest for the Holy Grail of orange cakes, i.e. an orange cake so good that it becomes my “go to” recipe thereafter.<\/p>\n

In embarking on this quest, my yardstick is the orange cakes that were standard fare in Brisbane (Australia) eateries in the early to mid ’90s, when I used to visit there a lot.<\/p>\n

Whatever their provenance, I can tell you it’s not one shared by NZ cafes and purveyors of cake goodness, hence the quest.<\/p>\n

\"\"In the 1 October post I mentioned that I had seen an interesting looking recipe for Orange and Poppy Seed Cake in a recent edition of NZ House & Garden (September 2018), so I felt honour bound to make it next.<\/p>\n

The feature is called “Happy Days” but the recipes therein are not attributed to anyone (which is unusual.) Nonetheless, the\u00a0Orange and Poppy Seed Cake is very good—even better on the second day, I think, than the first.<\/p>\n

It came out with a lovely golden crust, too, that had a very nice, ‘crunchible’ texture when eating.<\/p>\n

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Check out those poppy seeds…<\/p><\/div>\n

I should note, too, that the magazine recipe has the cake split in two and both iced and sandwiched together with an orange and cream cheese frosting. While that would probably qualify as both decadent and delicious, I eschewed the frosting in favour of a plain, unsplit cake–which was still delectable.<\/p>\n

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Ready to eat!<\/p><\/div>\n

Was it the grail? Although very nice, I don’t think so. It inclined toward a more buttery character rather than the citrus zing I’m looking for.<\/p>\n

Would I make it again, though? Yep, sure would.<\/p>\n

The Taste Test Team say they would definitely eat it again, too. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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