Orange cake

ORANGE CAKE

Ingredients:
2 oranges (peel and juice)
30 g poppy seeds
100 ml milk
200 g room temperature butter
175 g sugar
3 eggs
300 g flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder

Caramelised oranges
125 g sugar
2 sliced blood oranges
a lire of Amaretto

Frosting
100 g sugar
orange juice

Caramelization
Spread the sugar evenly in a pan and heat until the sugar starts to melt and turns golden. Then add half of the orange juice and the Amaretto to the pan. Once the liquid is evenly mixed, add the orange slices to the pan and heat gently for about 5 minutes (until the slices soften slightly).

Step 2
Preheat the oven to 160°C. Mix the poppy seeds and milk in a bowl. Mix the butter, orange zest and sugar with an electric mixer until the mixture is fluffy. Beat the eggs and gently stir the mixture into the mixture. Sift together the flour and baking powder and add to the poppy seed and milk mixture. Mix thoroughly. Spoon 2/3 of the dough into a greased and breadcrumbed loaf pan.

Add a layer of caramelised orange slices and finally add the rest of the dough.
Bake for 55-60 minutes.

Step 3
Mix the sugar and the rest of the orange juice. Add the caramelised oranges but do not soak them in the mixture for long.
Pour the orange slices over the hot cake while the cake is still in the pan. Allow the cake to cool completely before removing it from the pan.