Cranberry Orange Gateau With Cream Cheese Filling
- Ready In:
- 1hr 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
-
10
ingredients
-
Cake
- 1 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons yellow cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg white
- 1⁄2 cup fat-free buttermilk
- 1⁄4 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
- 2⁄3 cup dried cranberries
- cooking spray
-
Filling
- 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 1⁄2 cup low-fat cream cheese, softened
- 2 teaspoons fresh orange juice
-
Glazed
- 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
directions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- To prepare cake, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients in a bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
- Place granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl, beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add rind; beat to combine. Add egg and egg white, 1 at a time beating wll afer each addition.
- Combine buttermilk and ricotta, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in cranberries. Spoon batter into a 9 in round cake pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- To prepare filling, place 1 c powdered sugar and cream sheese in a bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add 2 t orange juice, and beat to combine. Cover and chill 30 minutes.
- To prepare glaze, combine 1 c powdered sugar with 1 1/2 T orange juice, stirring well with a whisk.
- Split cooled cake in half horizontally using a serrated knife; place bottom layer, cut side up, on a plate. Spread filling over cake layer. Top with remaining cake layer, cut side down. Spread glaze over cake.
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