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Orange Gateau
Tarla Dalal
15 April, 2013
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Preparation Time
15 Mins
Cooking Time
10 Mins
Total Time
25 Mins
Makes
8 servings
Ingredients
For The Cake
1 eggless vanilla sponge cake (7")
100 gms cream
1 1/2 tbsp powdered sugar
3 tbsp chopped fresh orange rind
1 cooking chocolate
3/4 cup fresh orange segments for decoration
For The Syrup
1/3 cup orange juice
1 tbsp powdered sugar
For The Filling
1 cup orange rind
4 tbsp powdered sugar
6 tsp levelled , cornflour
1 tbsp butter
a few drops orange colour
1/2 tsp orange essence
1/2 tsp grated orange rind
100 gms fresh cream
a little powdered sugar if required
Method
- Mix the orange juice, sugar, cornflour and butter in a vessel. Cook the mixture, stirring all the time until thick.
- Cool the mixture.
- Add the lemon juice, cream, colour, essence and rind. Taste and add the sugar of required.
- Sandwich the cake pieces using generous quantities of the filling.
- Grate the chocolate or cut into pieces. Add 1/2 teaspoon of water and melt in a double boiler.
- Pour the melted chocolate over the cake and spread with a knife.
- Cook the orange rind in a little water for about 3 minutes. Drain.
- Apply the powdered sugar to the rind. Sprinkle this rind over the chocolate layer.
- Decorate with orange segments and fresh cream and chill.
- Divide the cake into three equal parts.
- Make the syrup by mixing the orange juice and sugar and 1/2 teacup of water.
- Sprinkle this syrup over each of the three parts and allow to soak.
Orange Gateau recipe with step by step photos
Shubhra
Sept. 10, 2015, 2:53 p.m.
1cup orange rind is way too much. .recipe has been posted with out trying
Tarla Dalal
Sept. 10, 2015, 2:53 p.m.
Thank you for bringing this to our notice. We will try this in our kitchen again and get back to you.
