Tangerine-Soaked Tea Cake

Courtesy Gale Gand, 'Butter Sugar Flour Eggs' by Gale Gand, Rick Tramonto, Julia Moskin, Clarkson N. Potter Publishers, 1999

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Total Time:
2 hr 20 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
2 hr 0 min
Yield:
1 cake
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Ingredients

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Butter a 6-cup loaf pan. Line the bottom with parchment or waxed paper, pressing it in firmly. Pour the bread crumbs into the pan and shake to coat the sides, then tip out any extra crumbs. In a small bowl, combine the tangerine zest, tangerine juice and lemon juice. Stir and set aside. Sift together the pre-sifted flour, baking soda and salt. In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or using a hand mixer), cream the butter until fluffy. Add the sugar and mix well. Add eggs 1 at a time and mix well. With the mixer running at low speed, add alternating batches of dry ingredients and buttermilk until the batter is just mixed. Add the fruit juice and zest and mix. Pour into the prepared pan and set on a sheet pan. Bake on the sheet pan until the cake is firm in the center and a tester inserted into the center comes out dry and clean (a few crumbs are okay), 70 to 80 minutes.

When the cake is done, let cool in the pan 15 minutes (it will still be warm). Run a knife around the sides of the pan. Set a wire rack on a sheet pan with sides (to catch the glaze) and turn the cake out onto the rack. Peel off the waxed paper. Using a turkey baster or pastry brush, spread the glaze all over the top and sides of the cake and let soak in. Repeat until all of the glaze is used up, including any glaze that has dripped through onto the sheet pan. Let cool at room temperature or, wrapped in plastic wrap, in the refrigerator (well wrapped, the cake will last up to a week). Serve at room temperature, in thin slices.

Glaze:

  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed tangerine juice
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/3 cup sugar

Glaze: In a bowl, stir the juices and sugar together until the sugar is dissolved.

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  • on December 06, 2011

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    This Tea Cake is so GOOD!!! I only make it a few times a year when the Tangerines from my tree are in season. I bake two smaller loaves, instead of one large. I don't have a pan big enough to fit all of the batter, and not have it overflow out of the pan. A bundt cake would work great too! I think adding icing might be great, but this cake is sweet enough already! I wrap leftovers in plastic wrap, then into a zipper bag it goes, and into the fridge. Since I bake two smaller loaves, I'll make a bit more of the glaze to soak into the cakes.

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  • on December 03, 2011

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    I found this recipe good, but not spectacular. I am going to try and add an icing to the top to try and provide more moisture and richness to the dish. I would also suggest baking this as more than one cake, as from the other reviews as well, it sounds like to has a tendency to brown more on the top and cook less inside. Another option might be to decrease the baking temp.

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  • on January 30, 2011

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    I tried this recipe today. The center was totally raw and the loaf caved in when I inverted it. Any ideas why this would happen? When tested the center came out clean, the top was nicely browned. It is supposed to be dense? Mine was pretty airy. Maybe too much liquid?

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