Spinach Orange Cake Recipes

SPINACH-ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Coat 8x8-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Combine oil and milk in a cup; set aside. Combine flour and baking powder; set aside
• Beat eggs and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Lower speed; alternately, add milk mixture and flour mixture. Beat until smooth. Reserve 1/3 cup batter; mix with ¼ cup pureed orange; set aside. Add pureed spinach to the remaining batter; mix well
• Pour half of spinach batter into prepared pan. Drop half of orange batter in alternate dollops (without stirring). Repeat with remaining batter. Bake for 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, cool on wire rack for 20 minutes. Trim sides of cake (about ½-inch wide), put in food processor.; process until powdered
• While cake baking, prepare cream topping. In small heavy-bottom sauce pan, heat milk over low heat until steaming. Beat together egg yolks, sugar, flour and remaining pureed orange in a bowl. While whisking, gradually add half of steaming milk to egg mixture. Add milk-egg mixture to milk in the pan. Heat until mixture thickens and boils, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and place pan in icy cold water for 10 minutes
• Put cake on serving dish, spread with orange cream and sprinkle with cake crumbs. Chill for an hour or until topping is set

WILTED SPINACH WITH ORANGE & GINGER

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, pile the spinach and turn the heat to high.
• Using tongs, gently and continuously toss the spinach over the heat until it's all wilted (they'll turn a darker green), 2 to 3 min.
• Don't overcook; they should collapse but still have some body.
• Transfer them to a colander and let any excess liquid drip away.
• Wipe the skillet clean if necessary.
• In the same skillet, heat the butter and oil over medium-low heat.
• When the butter is melted, add the garlic and ginger and sauté until softened and fragrant, about 2 min.
• Add the orange juice, turn the heat to high, and reduce the liquid to a glazy consistency, no more than 1 min.
• ;you'll have 1-1/2 to 2 Tbs.
• left in the pan.
• Turn the heat down to low, immediately add the drained spinach and the salt, and toss thoroughly to coat.
• Remove the pan from the heat.
• Serve hot from the pan or slightly cooled.