Orange-Glow Chiffon Layer Cake

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Cuisine: North American | Course Type: Cakes

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Tags: lemon raspberries orange cake blueberries Rose Levy Beranbaum chiffon cake layer cake whipped cream tangerine oil cake

Recipe Review

One of the best cakes I have ever made, and I never thought I would say that about a cake that doesn't contain butter. It's light and fresh and has a dreamy, spongy texture. I've made a tangerine version and a lemon version. The author gives leavening and flavor adjustments for the lemon version on her blog.

This cake is a little tricky and requires everything to be just right. Use a silver (i.e., not a non-stick) springform, cake strips, a flower nail, unbleached AP flour and measure or weigh everything carefully. Underbaking and overbaking will also create problems.

For the whipped cream recipe listed with the cake, be sure to use sweet orange marmalade, as the classic, somewhat bitter variety makes terrible whipped cream (voice of experience). For the tangerine version, I used homemade tangerine preserves, which worked very well. For the lemon version, I flavored the whipped cream with lemon oil and vanilla.

The photos are the lemon version, which had blueberries in the center filling and was topped with raspberries.

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