Well, life got in the way of blogging this weekend, but I’m not complaining! We had a wonderful weekend full of friends and family and gorgeous weather. Here’s what we were up to today:
I made this week’s SMS recipe on Friday night, but just haven’t found time to blog about it. Now, it’s pushing midnight on Sunday so I’ll keep this brief. The recipe was chosen by Melissa of Lulu the Baker: whole orange poppy seed cake! The cake uses an entire orange (skin and all) and I was really excited to give it a shot. We made a tart using an entire lemon for TWD not too long ago and it was way far too bitter for everyone who tried it, but I was hopeful I’d have more luck with the orange! I’m not a fan of poppy seeds so I skipped them but otherwise made the recipe exactly as written.
This cake smelled ridiculously good as it baked – I love the smell of oranges! The cake is topped with a glaze made from lemon juice, orange juice and sugar. The glaze made the top of the cake quite shiny and kept it really moist! We enjoyed some of the cake for breakfast this morning before heading to Shane’s triathlon and everyone liked it! It had great orange flavor and you really couldn’t detect any bitterness resulting from the use of the entire orange. I’ll definitely make it again!
Thanks to Melissa for selecting this week’s recipe – you can find it on her blog if you’d like to give it a shot!
Lemon Bars
Glazed Grapefruit Cake
Orange Sherbet
Meyer Lemon Pound Cake
this cake looks so good and I like the fact that it uses a whole orange.
I ll try it with poppy seeds though
Thanks for sharing the pictures from the triathlon. I’m always in awe by the athletes that complete such races. I’m glad that you enjoyed the taste of the Whole Orange Cake.
Raeann
Looks like you had a wonderful weekend!
Your cake looks lovely, mine didn’t have any chunky bits of peel running through, I think it would have been a lot better if it did!
Katie xox
Your cake looks picture perfect Tracey!
Your cake looks awesome!
Your cake looks perfect! I’ve always wanted to run a triathalon but can’t find the motivation!!
Oh, that looks so delicious! I wasn’t able to make this cake because of an enormous baking project, but I hope to make it soon – it’s one that I was really looking forward to.
Wow, your cake looks amazing. Glad you liked it. Mine went away to work with my husband, so we’ll see what he thinks. Thanks for the welcome back.
Glad it worked out with the entire orange! It looks SO gorgeous and moist! I’d down a whole cake after a triathalon! Haha!
Wow I can’t believe it uses the whole orange- that’s great- and your cake look tasty, too!
First of all, congrats to Shane! I’ve always wanted to do a triatholon, but swimming is not my strong suit.
Your cake looks great! I loved the way it smelled too.
love triathlon! your post reminded me that I need to sign up for an end of summer race asap. This cake is good fuel!
This looks so good – I love, love, love citrus. Sunshine on a plate!
The cake looks great! I’m glad you had fun weekend and congratulations to Shane on the triathlon!
First, I’m impressed by the triathalon! That’s fabulous. Nice job on the cake. If I had made it, I probably would have skipped the poppy seeds, too.
Tracey, thank you so much for the congratulations on graduating! I feel relieved and excited…very strange combination for me =). Your orange bread looks delicious and I feel so left out not having baked it last weekend. I can just imagine the aroma…
Your weekend looked packed! I hope you had a blast =D
This must have smelled amazing while it was baking! It looks great. Leaving out the poppy seeds probably accentuated the orangey deliciousness!
Look at that cake! I love the citrus color!
This is making me very hungry.
Hi Tracey!
Your cake came out lovely- great job! I’m glad to see that it still works well without the poppyseeds, as they’re not my favorite either.
Where in New England was Shane’s triathlon? Maybe somewhere on the Cape? What great weather we had to be in the water, but it was probably pretty hot to run and bike for the athletes. I hope he did well, and you had fun cheering him on!
Hope to hear from you and talk soon!
-Joy
Wow, this orange cake looks so yummie! Nice pictures of the triathlon…
Great pictures and your cake looks so yummy!
Your cake looks beautiful! Thanks for baking with me this week!
after seeing yours I think i’ll make mine w/o the poppy seeds too, just to save a bit
Tracey, how did I get so far behind in your blog? I’m glad I didn’t miss this cake, because you knocked it out of the park! Love the triathlon pictures, too.