4 recipes in one cake and I am pleased!

Menu Gâteau À L'Orange (page 671)

Gateau Fourre a la Crème d'Orange

Crème au Beurre a l'Orange Glazed Orange or Lemon Peel Vietmum is back in Australia to have her baby (very very soon!) so we gathered for a baby shower and my contribution was Julia's orange sponge. Conveniently this involved four recipes, so I cleared the whole morning and felt a little apprehensive about my sponge making prowess and our oven. My fears were assuaged by Julia's  comprehensive instructions and the sponge tasted like a sponge. Of course this may have been aided by my super dooper Kitchen Aid beautifully beating the egg whites before adding them to the beaten egg, sugar orange rind and orange juice into which flour had been delicately folded. The filling involved heating butter, sugar, eggs, orange juice, orange liqueur and rind until a little whiff of steam rises! Then beating it until cool over cold water. Add butter for your icing and pull out your candy thermometer to glaze some zested orange peel for decoration! Transporting on a hot day may lead to slightly less aesthetically pleasing results..... The afternoon tea was delightful - mmmm macarons and cucumber sandwiches!