Orange Angel Food Cake with Orange-Cinnamon Glaze and Giveaway winner!

Wondering what to cook for your famiglia tonight?

How about something Italian,

or

CAKE !

Not just any CAKE,

Cake from the CAKE BOSS.

Did you know he’s a great Cook . . . beyond his Bakery?

Buddy Valastro has a fabulous new Cookbook . . . just released!

COOKING ITALIAN with the CAKE BOSS

It’s 100 of Buddy’s delicious, essential Italian – American Recipes from his grandmother’s secret dishes, to his own personal specialties, he makes for his children.

This book is filled with recipes and gorgeous pictures, and it was very difficult to decide what to make first.

Did I want to start with stuffed artichokes or Grandma’s Sausage Lasagna or signature Chocolate Mousse?

Well,

I decided on something I knew my husband would love . . . since I love him!

Orange Angel Food Cake with Orange-Cinnamon Glaze

Delicious choice.

Come on . . . I’ll walk you through it.

I hope you’ve saved all your egg whites!

Don’t – Don’t – Don’t – ever throw them away.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Measure out your CAKE FLOUR & your sugar.

Sift together the cake flour and ONLY 1/2 CUP of the sugar . . . 4 times.

Yup 4 times!

 Plop it on a piece of parchment paper.

Hint:  It makes it really easy to add to the bowl of your mixer!

Set it aside for now.

Measure 1 1/2 cups of egg whites, salt and cream of tartar.

Place it in the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment.

Beat on HIGH speed until there are medium firm peaks – about 1 minute.

With the mixer on medium speed, add the remaining 1 1/2 cups of sugar by sprinkling it over the beaten egg whites in a constant stream.

Beat for a few minutes until thick and shiny.

Beat in the Vanilla,

and the orange zest.

Whisk until VERY THICK . . . about 1 to 2 more minutes.

Peaks will be firm!

Remove the bowl from the stand mixer.

Grab a nice big spatula.

Roll up that piece of parchment paper with all your sifted Cake flour & sugar mixture.

Add about 1/4 of it over the beaten egg white mixture.

Fold it gently into the egg white mixture with your big spatula.

Gentle now.

Continue adding the flour by fourths, and fold gently until all the flour is incorporated.

Like this.

Pour the yummy batter into an UNGREASED 10 inch tube pan, smooth the top, and bake.

Bake until it springs back to the touch. – About 40 to 45 minutes.

I bake my pan . . . one level lower than the center of the oven.

Remove the cake from the oven and invert the pan on a big 7-up bottle

or

on a cooling rack until cool, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

Oh…..just look at the golden crust.  It’s my favorite part.

That yummy golden crust will be on the bottom of your serving plate . . . so . . . you can eat it all now,

and nobody will know about it!!

Once the cake is COOL . . . unmold the cake from the tube pan.

Prepare your glaze.

You know that orange that gave you the beautiful orange zest.

Squeeze it.

You will combine the juice from the orange and the confectioners sugar to make a nice glaze.

Add the cinnamon if desired.

Now,

see my cake?

You know the deal . . . my husband likes everything PLAIN JANE.

I don’t!

I cut a BIG chunk  . . . just for me.

I drizzled that delicious Orange glaze over the top of MY CHUNK OF CAKE!

I ate the whole thing!

I was happy . . . he was happy.

CAKE BOSS . . . your new Cookbook makes me happy.

Just so you know . . . if you’re gonna eat cake . . . Angel Food Cake will put the fewest calories on your hips.

I think . . .

COOKING ITALIAN with the CAKE BOSS would be an excellent gift to give someone for Christmas.

For the best price – click here:

Cooking Italian with the Cake Boss: Family Favorites as Only Buddy Can Serve Them Up

Last but not least,

Remember the yummy GH CRETORS POP CORN GIVEAWAY?

Our’s is ALL GONE. ugg.

I know where I can get more though!

GH Cretors popped corn is available at select retailers across the country and for purchase via www.ghcretors.com and on www.amazon.com

Here is a link to their store locator: http://www.ghcretors.com/store_locator/

well . . . we have our giveaway winner.

TRACY BOMGARDNER

“For me, caramel corn, popcorn, cheese corn …. it’s all about the smell. The smell triggers such memories for me. There used to be a caramel corn shop at the K Street Mall when I was a little girl. They spelled it with a K. Karamel Korn Shop. We used to stand outside and watch them stir it up, inhaling the wonderful smell! I could probably count on one hand the times we were able to buy some. I was like Laura Ingalls of Little House on the Prairie, at Oleson’s Mercantile, staring at the jar of candy that she could never have. Today, I still adore caramel corn. The smell of it always takes me back!”

Congratulations Tracy . . . I will be sending you an email!

Dont forget . . . I’ve already posted my favorite THANKSGIVING DAY RECIPES.

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ORANGE ANGEL FOOD CAKE with ORANGE CINNAMON GLAZE

From the Cookbook:  Cooking Italian with the CAKE BOSS

You will need:

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/3 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising)
• 1 1/2 cups egg whites (from 10 to 12 large eggs, at room temperature)
• 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange zest (from 1 large orange)
• plus 2 to 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Put 1/2 cup sugar and the flour in a bowl, and sift together 4 times, or pulse together in a food processor fitted with the steel blade.  Set aside.
3. Put the egg whites, salt, and cream of tartar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and beat on high speed until there are medium-firm peaks, about 1 minute.  With the mixer on medium speed, add the remaining 1 1/2 cups of sugar by sprinkling it over the beaten egg whites in a constant stream.  Beat for a few minutes until thick and shiny.  beat in the vanilla and orange zest and continue to whisk until very thick, about 1 minute more.  Sift about 1/4 of the flour mixture over the egg whites and fold it into the batter with a rubber spatula.  Continue adding the flour by fourths, by sifting and folding until all the flour is incorporated.
4. Pour the batter into an UNGREASED 10 inch tube pan, smooth the top, and bake until it springs back to the touch, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 to 45 minutes.  Remove the cake from the oven and invert the pan on a cooling rack until cool, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
5. While the cake is cooling, make the glaze by putting the confectioner’s sugar and orange juice in a bowl and stirring together until the sugar is dissolved and a thin, syrupy consistency is attained.  Stir in the Cinnamon.
6. Once cooled, unmold the cake from the pan and drizzle the glaze over the top, using the tines of a fork.

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