{"id":825,"date":"2022-01-01T21:49:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T21:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/?p=825"},"modified":"2022-01-01T21:49:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T21:49:06","slug":"torta-de-laranja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/2022\/01\/01\/torta-de-laranja\/","title":{"rendered":"Torta de Laranja"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I received as a gift this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnac.pt\/Receitas-com-Segredo-Marco-Costa\/a994878\">book<\/a> for Christmas and I was told his torta de laranja was very famous in Portugal. I have never cooked this cake before so for NYE dessert I changed my mind and decided to try this cake. I have tasted it in Portugal before, and to be honest it was never my favourite. I prefer the &#8220;algarroba&#8221; (carob), almonds, etc cakes. But, I wanted to see if all the hype was worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the things that strike the most is how simple is the recipe in the book, few ingredients and steps. Still I didn&#8217;t feel confident and tried to find a video.  This one was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lx9qb3-ol6k\">longer<\/a> but made me doubt as it was using a bit of butter. As well, I wasn&#8217;t clear about how to do <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bain-marie\">bain marie<\/a> in the oven. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sWGxUczl0Pk\">video<\/a> was shorter and could see some other details regarding the bain marie (I was overthinking it) and spreading some sugar after taking out the cake from the oven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>500g sugar<\/li><li>50g plain flour<\/li><li>15g dry yeast<\/li><li>2 big good oranges (zest and juice)<\/li><li>12 eggs<\/li><li>Knob of melted butter<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pre-heat oven at 220C<\/li><li>Use a bit of butter and spread in the baking tray. This helps the baking paper to keep flat. Then add oven-proof baking paper. Spread a bit of butter on top of the baking paper. This avoids the cake to get stuck to the paper and it easier to remove after baking.<\/li><li>Mix dry ingredients in a bowl: sugar, flour and yeast.<\/li><li>Add orange zest and juice, mix<\/li><li>Add the 12 eggs. Mix well. <\/li><li>Add the rest of melted butter. Mix well.<\/li><li>Poor the mix into a baking tray.<\/li><li>In another tray, add water and get the tray in the bottom of the oven. This will make the bain marie.<\/li><li>Put the cake tray above the water tray in the oven. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Till the top is golden.<\/li><li>Remove the cake from the oven. Spread some sugar on top while hot.<\/li><li>Get another piece of baking-proof paper. Turn the cake into that piece of paper.<\/li><li>Remove carefully the paper from the cake. <\/li><li>The cake is very hot, and in theory you should try to roll it now using the baking paper you have. Like in the videos, bend one side, and roll.<\/li><li>Cut a slice from each side to make look nice. Then let it cool down.<\/li><li>Enjoy!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Mine was a bit too long in the oven and cracked in the middle. And as well, when rolling, it was superhot and a bit too thick and broke it even more during the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"543\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-from-2022-01-01-20-53-16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-from-2022-01-01-20-53-16.png 543w, https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-from-2022-01-01-20-53-16-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 85vw, 543px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well, I have always heard that orange and chocolate mix very well. So as I had a bit of home made chocolate spread, I decided to cover half of the torta with it. Maybe this is heresy \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-from-2022-01-01-20-53-44.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-827\" width=\"548\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-from-2022-01-01-20-53-44.png 858w, https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-from-2022-01-01-20-53-44-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-from-2022-01-01-20-53-44-768x484.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 85vw, 548px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And to be honest, my friends like it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a very calorific cake: 500g of sugar! But was nice. Another thing, I had issues with the oranges. I couldn&#8217;t find proper oranges so I used &#8220;good&#8221; orange pressed juice with one orange I brought from Portugal. Still tasted good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received as a gift this book for Christmas and I was told his torta de laranja was very famous in Portugal. I have never cooked this cake before so for NYE dessert I changed my mind and decided to try this cake. 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