Whole Orange Cake

I made this cake yesterday and wanted to share the recipe.  It is interesting because it uses two whole oranges-peel, flesh, just about everything.  I wanted to make it just to see how it would taste and if it would be good.  It is and Jeff likes it, so yay!

Whole Orange Cake*
Serves 12-big pieces

Cooking-oil spray
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 c granulated sugar
3 large eggs
2 oranges (about 1 pound), ends trimmed, then cut into chunks.  Take out seeds if there are any.
2 1/2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
Glaze
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 tbsp. plus 1 tsp orange juice

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Coat a bundt pan with cooking-oil spray.  In a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until fluffy.  Beat in eggs.

Whirl orange chunks in a food processor until mostly smooth but not pureed.  Add 1 1/2 cups orange mixture to batter and beat until blended.  Add flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder to bowl and beat until smooth.  Spread batter in prepared pan.

Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with only a few crumbs-about 55 minutes.  Cool pan on a rack 10 minutes, then invert cake onto rack and let cool completely.
Whisk together powdered sugar and orange juice in a small bowl.  Drizzle over cooled cake.  Let glaze set, then slice cake.

Whole Orange Cake

*"Whole Orange Cake." Sunset Mar. 2013: n. pag. Print.

And because every post should have a picture of this little guy:

 

I wanna go fishing Daddy!  :-D