Apple and Orange Cake

 

 

3 Tbls. melted butter

1/3 cup brown sugar

1 1/4 cup grated apple

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup nut flour

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg or mace

12 Tbls butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup plain yogurt

1-2 oranges or clementines or tangerines

Preheat the oven to 350 F.

In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, nut flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg/mace.

Peel the oranges and manually remove the pith and seeds. Blend the orange flesh in a food processor to create a thick pulp, it doesn't have to be totally liquefied. You need to get 2/3 cup of orange pulp.

In a large bowl, cut the butter into the sugar, then beat them until they are creamed together. One ingredient at a time, beat in the eggs, yogurt, and orange pulp.

Spray the bottom and sides of a large cake pan. In the bottom of the pan, spread the melted butter, then evenly sprinkle the brown sugar, then evenly spread the grated apple.

Gently stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Spread the batter evenly over the apples. Bake for 45-55 minutes or until the cake tests done.

Let the cake cool until it has shrunk away from the edges of the pan, then turn out up-side down onto a serving tray.