Orange Cake Super Moist – Kuglof
This cake contains soft, delicious and moist characteristics. It’s one of the best kuglof (kugelhopf) recipes ever and has become a specialty in our households. Preparation is easy using simple ingredients and requires no complicated steps. Tradition is to enrich this cake using dried fruits and lemon or orange zest.
Ingredients:
4 eggs
150 g sugar
1 bag vanilla sugar
200 g room temperature butter
lemon zest
1 tbsp rum
1 squeezed orange juice
1 squeezed lemon juice
1 tbsp honey
80 g dried apricots
250 ml milk
400 g flour
1 bag baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1. In a large bowl beat the eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar using hand mixer.
2. Mix in the butter (softened). Add lemon zest, rum, orange juice, lemon juice, honey, dried chopped apricots and milk. Mix again. Add flour combined with baking powder and salt, and blend all using dough hooks.
3. Pour the blend in a baking mold and bake in preheated oven at 180 °C for 60 minutes.
Remove the mold and garnish cake with orange slices and icing sugar.