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From the garden

Good morning everyone,
Its Monday morning, and I am still in my weekend temperament. And why not?  It has a been a wonderful, exciting and full-on weekend. Had spent Saturday doing some creative work (check my creative blog for latest additions) and Sunday morning in the garden. The Orange tree in my backyard has been very productive this year. We have been having a regular supply of fresh oranges this season. And moreover they are so sweet, just love them. All the hard work seems to be paid off, when I just take a sip of the fresh orange juice.

Well, yesterday, I picked another fresh stock of oranges from the garden and decided to try out a cake. While doing a google search to get a recipe (as I hate inventing one when trying for first time), I came across this wonderful recipe on  'Best Recipes'  Caramelised Orange and Poppy seed Cake, and decided to give it a try. Just follow the recipe on http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Caramelised-Orange-and-Poppyseed-Cake-L6081.html

The only change I made was using normal wheat flour (Kanik) instead of self-raising flour. Also be careful while caramelising sugar. As it crystallises quickly. And also when you add orange juice to it, it hardens very quickly. Had to through away two attempts. The trick is when you caramelise sugar, make sure you have all the sugar dissolved and get a thick caramel. Then add very little Orange juice and keep continuously stirring until it mixes uniformly with the caramel. After that add juice again, and keep repeating the process, until you get a good consistency syrup.

Here are some pictures to tempt you to make one yourself. Relish the cake and share your experience.

Straight out of oven and poured orange syrup on top



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Location: Adelaide SA, Australia

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