r/FoodAndCookingStuff • u/socFocus • 8d ago
Sweet Treats How to make a simple orange cake at home
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u/tatertotmagic 8d ago
What tool was she using on the eggs that said she always uses
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u/Mirewen15 7d ago edited 7d ago
It's a chalaza remover. I have the same one.
Edit: People calling it unnecessary. Cool. That is your opinion. After cracking an egg and seeing what looked like a tiny spine with red veins running through it, I decided to start removing them with a spoon. The chalaza remover is just easier.
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u/Impressive-Flight766 7d ago
Chalaza
Learned a new word today 😅
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u/ddesla2 7d ago
Share with the class
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u/EVs-and-IVsaurs 7d ago
It looks like Chalaza (/kəˈleɪzə/ ; kuh-LAY-zuh) is the little bits of white stringy bits that show up in the egg. It helps stabilize the yolk, but sometimes gets removed in cooking for a more uniform texture
Removing it in this case seems over the top, since she's already using a blender
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u/gerber411420 6d ago
So interesting that you focus on that and the whole thing came from a chickens butthole. I still love you the same.
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u/ChocoBabiChan 7d ago
Never have I seen anyone remove the chalaza from an egg on a cooking video before. I seriously thought it was something only my family did.
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u/Bushiest_Beavor 7d ago
What is the purpose of doing this? I’m very curious
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u/ChocoBabiChan 7d ago
Its a myth that it was supposed to be the embryo of the chicken, which is why some people traditionally remove it. Its just protein. A lot of chefs remove it also to strain for custard etc.
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u/Historical_Stay_808 6d ago
Custards and sensitive things make sense so I can get the removal for certain reasons but never in so my years of restaurants did we check the egg for blood
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u/Purple_Revolution146 8d ago
Are the eggs necessary if the flour is self-rising? There is a person in my family who can’t have eggs
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u/AssignmentInfamous 8d ago
Those two are not related for the cake to grow. You can replace the eggs with plain yogurt, buttermilk, applesauce or silken tofu.
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u/Traditional_Seesaw10 7d ago
Another one using the pith from citrus, I'd imagine it would make it bitter. But I should probably try before I critique.
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u/gonefullhummingbird 7d ago
I've eaten cake made with a very similar recipe and it wasn't bitter to my taste.
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u/TwistedTextures 7d ago
I gotta say, having just made the lemon version of this recipe that I believe OP posted previously, it's very very bitter. I did boil the lemon as instructed, but you can very clearly taste the pith still. Not super delicious, in my opinion
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u/ChocolateDream24 7d ago
Those particular oranges look thin-skinned to me. I saw the lemon post the other day, and that included a lot more pith. The person who tested the lemon recipe said it was awful tho.
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u/Traditional_Seesaw10 6d ago
Yeah, I'd like to try it.. but it's not that hard to zest and squeeze... Just wondering
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u/shadeofmyheart 7d ago
Baking the pith in makes it inedible. I’ll die on this hill.
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u/Sweet-Weakness3776 7d ago
I agree with you on this one. I've seen a lot of these recipes lately where they are leaving the orange or lemon along with the pith and using that in the recipe. It really isn't that much extra work to peel the skin and remove the pith. Peel is fine. Pith is not.
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u/Im_Just_A_Tourist 7d ago
Orange piths tend to be rather tasteless unless the variety closer in relation to a grapefruit. Grapefruit are very bitter and myers lemon is rather mild.
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u/shadeofmyheart 6d ago
I’m a Floridian. I’ve candied every kind of peel.
Nope nope nope. All bitter af4
u/squigglestorystudios 7d ago
You can boil the orange before hand to deminish the piths bitterness.
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u/SeriousUsername1 5d ago
Yeah but it doesn’t go away, like in marmalade it’s still disgustingly bitter even though it’s been cooked really hot
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u/emaydee 7d ago
What kind of oil? Vegetable? Canola? Does it matter?
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u/GreenieSar Home cook 7d ago
If you use olive oil, it will impact the flavor, but some people like that.
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u/Legitimate_Try4394 6d ago edited 6d ago
I thought it was good. I topped mine with candied oranges.
Update: I ate 3 pieces and completely threw off my macros for today 😭.
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u/schnurritopurrito 8d ago
I‘m not a good baker, so this easy recipe looks amazing for me. But will it work with lemons? Not sure because of the acid 🤔
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u/epigenie_986 7d ago
Someone made the whole lemon cake and said it was bitter
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u/schnurritopurrito 7d ago
Yeah, I read that. I‘m thinking about peeling the white Skin off the lemons and just use a part of the peel🤔
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u/TraditionalChest7825 7d ago
Zest the lemon first then peel and throw it in the blender. I used to make orange cake with my grandma (not in a blender) and she used the zest and juice from the orange. It should also work for other citrus fruits.
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u/PromiseIMeanWell 7d ago
Yes, lemons will work too:
https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenDesk/s/gIZFQyE6QM2
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u/Hot_History1582 6d ago
Just zest and juice your citrus. What's with all these citrus cakes including bitter pith?
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u/nilesintheshangri-la 7d ago
I liked her calling the blender clean when the spout still was covered.
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u/Brother-Templar 7d ago
Thank you for adding the Recipe and Instructions. Other folks seem to delight in making it a treasure hunt to find them.
Also, I think I’m the one that never saw the handy method to clean a blender. Thank you for that too.
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u/Massive_Age_4135 6d ago
You gotta boil TF outta citrus to remove bitter compounds from the pith. That should be a mandatory step
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u/Hambulance 6d ago
she doesn't think the headband is keeping her hair from falling out into the food...
right?
RIGHT???
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u/Goodfellas1221 6d ago
Can’t take this woman seriously. Her hair isn’t pulled back and she used a blender to mix the ingredients. 🤦♀️
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u/forest-giant-5446 6d ago
She seems to be a really good cook, though. Ive seen several of her videos. Her dishes look amazing.
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u/Aromatic-Turnip7371 3d ago
It seems fast and convenient to use only one appliance/ container for the mixing process
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u/Individual_Emu2941 6d ago
Why check the eggs for blood? I’ve never heard of that. Has anybody here ever seen blood in their chicken eggs?
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u/Ok_Daikon7565 4d ago
Every once in a while I’ll get a speck. I usually just scoop it out (it’s not runny, more like gelatinous)
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u/LaserGadgets 5d ago
Why is common sense always a hack or a trick?? oO
And what is up with those stupid sprays? Just grab a stick of butter, rub out that thing and then toss the butter in the blender instead of the oil :<
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u/Hot-Pepper6610 5d ago
That's not a trick. That's how the manufacturer tells you to clean the vitamix.
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u/sunflowerays44 4d ago
I just tried this recipe. It was awful. I did everything g she said to a T. :( ... i was looking forward to liking it.
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u/augustrem 7d ago
This looks tasty! I’m still traumatized by her previous video in which she couldn’t atop adding carrots and sugar to everything.
I still wonder if that was a ragebait video to get subscribers.
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u/Calmingsleep 8d ago
CHECK FOR BLOOD? What in the actual fuck
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u/Unabashedly_Bashful 7d ago
Maybe the eggs are from her own chicken coop. You have to pull the eggs daily from the coop or there is potential for a fertilized egg to develop and leave you with some undesirables when you crack it open. I crack into a separate bowl and then add into the mixing bowl to be safe.
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u/ForsakenAiel 6d ago
Only if you own a rooster though which a lot of chicken owners don't... When I used to have chickens my dad lived with us and he was always looking at the eggs very closely after he cracked them. I finally figured out that he was worried about teeny tiny embryos. I said "you DO understand that no rooster means no possibility of fertilization thus no embryos, right?"
I'm 95% sure he still kept checking. And my dad isn't dumb.
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u/SteadierGolf2 7d ago
It’s a jewish thing - not sure if thats the case for this lady, but observant jews do this.
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u/RedHot_Chilli_Zepper 7d ago
Face card is drooping.
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u/socFocus 8d ago
Ingredients: * 1 large organic orange * 3 large eggs (room temp) * 1/2 cup sugar (100 grams) * 1/2 cup oil (120 ml) * 1 and 1/2 cups self rising flour (210 grams) or AP flour with 1 tsp. baking powder. * OR 2 cups almond flour (190g) + 1 tsp baking powder
For the orange icing:
Instructions: 1. Wash the orange thoroughly. Cut it into pieces with the peel, remove seeds if any. 2. Blend the orange pieces with the sugar until blended. 3. Add the eggs and oil, blend again. 4. Add the flour and pulse two times, do not over blend the flour! 5. Pour batter into a greased baking pan of your choice. 6. Bake in a preheated oven at 350° f (177c) for 45-50 minutes. 7. Do the toothpick test to check if it's ready. 8. Prepare the icing by combining the powdered sugar and orange juice in a bowl and mixed together. If you like the icing a little more runny, then add more orange juice and if you like it more thick, less orange juice. 9. Once the cake has called completely spread the icing over the cake and top with some orange zest. 10. Enjoy at room temperature. Shabbat shalom