Ingredients
- 2 oranges
- 2 eggs
- 1 lemon
- 400 gr sugar
- 400 gr confectioners sugar
- 325 gr sifted flour
- 300 gr butter
- 240 ml orange juice
- 240 ml buttermilk
- 120 gr walnuts (finely chopped)
- 60 gr rum
- 45 ml lemon juice
- 9 gr baking powder
- 6 gr orange rind (grated)
- 5 gr baking soda
- 1 gr salt
Grand Marnier Cream butter; gradually add sugar and beat until light. Add fruit rinds; add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk, beating after each addition until smooth. Fold in nuts. Pour into greased 9 or 25 cm 2 litre tube pan. Bake at 180ºC or 1 hour. Strain fruit juices into saucepan. Add sugar and rum; bring to boil. Pour slowly over hot cake in pan. If all liquid is not absorbed, pour remainder on later. FOR ICING: Bring butter to room temperature. Mix all ingredients, adding enough Grand Marnier to make a spreading consistency. Spread on cooled cake.
