Orange Coffee Cake

Submitted by dicentra

"This is from the Horn of the Moon cookbook. When I first saw this recipe, I thought using a whole orange was really strange. Try it! It gives the whole cake an amazing orange flavor! Great for breakfast."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1 loaf

ingredients

• 1 large orange
• 3⁄4 cup milk (soy works, but be generous)
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 2⁄3 cup honey
• 1 cup golden raisin (don't use the other kind)
• 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease a tube pan.
2. Squeeze orange and reserve juice.
3. Put entire orange into blender along with milk and eggs.
4. Blend on high until finely chopped.
5. Combine flour and baking soda in a small mixing bowl.
6. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and honey.
7. Add orange mixture to honey mixture.
8. Add flour raisins and nuts. Mix and pour into pan.
9. Bake 40-45 minutes, until top springs back.
10. Sprinkle reserved juice over hot cake and leave in pan until almost cool.
11. Remove from pan and allow to finish cooling. (Yeah, right, like that happens in our house!).