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Orange Gateau

Tarla Dalal
06 December, 2024


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Preparation Time
15 Mins
Cooking Time
10 Mins
Total Time
25 Mins
Makes
8 servings
Ingredients
For The Cake
1 eggless vanilla sponge cake (7")
100 gms cream
1 1/2 tbsp powdered sugar
3 tbsp chopped fresh orange rind
1 cooking chocolate
3/4 cup fresh orange segments for decoration
For The Syrup
1/3 cup orange juice
1 tbsp powdered sugar
For The Filling
1 cup orange rind
4 tbsp powdered sugar
6 tsp levelled , cornflour
1 tbsp butter
a few drops orange colour
1/2 tsp orange essence
1/2 tsp grated orange rind
100 gms fresh cream
a little powdered sugar if required
Method
- Mix the orange juice, sugar, cornflour and butter in a vessel. Cook the mixture, stirring all the time until thick.
- Cool the mixture.
- Add the lemon juice, cream, colour, essence and rind. Taste and add the sugar of required.
- Sandwich the cake pieces using generous quantities of the filling.
- Grate the chocolate or cut into pieces. Add 1/2 teaspoon of water and melt in a double boiler.
- Pour the melted chocolate over the cake and spread with a knife.
- Cook the orange rind in a little water for about 3 minutes. Drain.
- Apply the powdered sugar to the rind. Sprinkle this rind over the chocolate layer.
- Decorate with orange segments and fresh cream and chill.
- Divide the cake into three equal parts.
- Make the syrup by mixing the orange juice and sugar and 1/2 teacup of water.
- Sprinkle this syrup over each of the three parts and allow to soak.
Orange Gateau recipe with step by step photos

Shubhra
March 13, 2025, midnight
1cup orange rind is way too much. .recipe has been posted with out trying

Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thank you for bringing this to our notice. We will try this in our kitchen again and get back to you.