Blood Orange Layer Cake

Total Time: 13 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 13 hrs Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1 (16 ounce) carton vanilla yogurt
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1/3 cup whipping cream
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 5 cups blood oranges, sections
• 1 cup blood orange juice
• 1/4 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 coat an 8-inch round cake pan with cooking spray; line bottom of pan with wax paper.
• 3 coat wax paper with cooking spray.
• 4 combine eggs, vanilla, melted butter, and salt in a bowl.
• 5 beat with a mixer at high speed 2 minutes.
• 6 gradually add 1/2 cup granulated sugar, beating until mixture is thick and pale.
• 7 gently fold flour into egg mixture, 1/4 cup at a time.
• 8 spoon batter into prepared pan.
• 9 bake at 375° for 20 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center.
• 10 cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. cool completely on wire rack.
• 11 to prepare filling, place a colander in a 2-quart glass measure or medium bowl.
• 12 line colander with 4 layers of cheesecloth, allowing cheesecloth to extend over outside edges. spoon yogurt into colander. cover loosely with plastic wrap; refrigerate 12 hours.
• 13 spoon yogurt cheese into a large bowl; discard liquid. add honey to yogurt, stirring well with a whisk.
• 14 combine cream and powdered sugar in bowl, beat with a mixer at high speed until soft peaks form.
• 15 gently stir one-fourth of the cream mixture into yogurt mixture; gently fold in remaining cream mixture.
• 16 cover and chill 15 minutes.
• 17 arrange blood orange sections in a single layer on several layers of paper towels, and let stand 5 minutes.
• 18 reserve half of the sections; roughly chop remaining sections. cover and chill.
• 19 to prepare syrup, combine juice and 1/4 cup granulated sugar in a small saucepan; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly with a whisk.
• 20 reduce heat; simmer until reduced to 1/4 cup.
• 21 remove from heat; cool.
• 22 split cake in half horizontally using a serrated knife (i use unwaxed dental floss) place bottom layer, cut side up, on a plate.
• 23 brush with 2 tablespoons syrup.
• 24 spread with half of yogurt mixture, leaving a 1/4-inch border.
• 25 sprinkle chopped blood orange mixture mixture evenly over yogurt mixture.
• 26 top with the remaining cake layer, cut side down. brush the top layer with remaining syrup; spread with remaining yogurt mixture.
• 27 top cake with reserved whole orange sections.