HOW TO MAKE A CITRUS OMBRE CAKE
Use your winter fruit to make an easy gorgeous cake!
Servings: 16
Ingredients
Citrus
- 3 blood oranges
- 7 tangerines
- 1 large grape fruit
- 4 Meyer lemons
Glaze
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/3 stick salted butter
- 1/8 cup water
Citrus Cake
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- One 3.5 ounce box of vanilla pudding
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
- the zest of an orange
Instructions
Citrus
- Slice the citrus into medium sized circles. Remove skins after slicing. Remove any seeds visible. Align citrus circles starting with the darkest color in columns of two. I went from oranges, to tangerines, to grapefruit and ended with lemon. Set aside.
Glaze and Citrus
- Line a 9 inch baking dish with parchment paper. Then, in a medium sauce pan, add all ingredients and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Transfer glaze to baking dish, spread evenly. Next assemble the citrus on top of the glaze starting with oranges ending with lemons.
The cake
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, using an electric hand mixer, combine all of the ingredients. Transfer cake mix on top of citrus and glaze. Bake for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Allow cake to completely cool. Then invert cake onto cake board.