Bake Day: Sicilian Orange Cake

If you hadn't gathered already one thing I love to do is bake.  I love it, it's that simple.  Of course with baking comes the eating and I love that part just as much.  So when I have an excuse to bake, and even when I don't I take it.  Let me introduce you to Sicilian Orange Cake, although mine was made with the only unwaxed oranges I could find.  Sadly (or not as the case is) Unwaxd Orange Cake does not have the same ring to it as Rick Stein's original name for the cake so we'll stick with Sicilian Orange Cake.

Sicilian Orange Cake: Just Iced

Sicilian Orange Cake: Iced and Sliced

Sicilian Orange Cake: The First Slice

Lovely Afternoon: Tea and Sicilian Orange Cake

I found the recipe here it's the photos and the enthusiasm from the blogger that made me want to bake it but I wanted to find which Rick Stein book it was from so if you have Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapes you're in luck otherwise there's a couple of his recipes including this cake here.  But - the Sicilian Orange Cake I can't recommend it enough it's delicious (I may have already said that) it's moist, light, orangey and super tasty I'm thinking next time I might try it with a sticky orange glaze or maybe an orange curd...

I have a list of cakes which I can't wait to get round to baking, they're all just waiting for an excuse or time.  My current list includes banana and nutella cake, white and dark chocolate jaffa cake, luscious lemon slices, another lemon and poppy seed cake and nutella fudge... I keep track of them all on Pinterest.  It felt good to knock one recipe off the list the problem, though it's not really a problem, because the cake really is delicious - is that its a definate make again cake.

I don't know why I'm writing this post so late I should have saved this for tomorrow I've made myself so hungry looking at the photos... luckily I've a piece or two of cake left but I'll probably still be dreaming of cake tonight - but there's no change there.