Author Notes
I bake a lot with corn flour because it gives cakes a light and crunchy texture.
These little mini bundt cakes are a delicious treat for tea or birthday parties - they are so cute and irresistable.
Warning: Don't even eat one warm - you'll end up eating another 4 or 5. I'm telling you this by my own experience. And baking them with children around, forget making dinner, just keep baking! —Maria Teresa Jorge
Ingredients
- Mini Bundts
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3
large eggs room temperature
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1/2 cup
(150gr) fine sugar
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1/2 cup
(110gr) butter at room temperature
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3/4 cup
(100gr) all purpose flour
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3/4 cup
minus 1 tbsp / (100gr) extra fine corn flour
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1 1/2 teaspoons
baking powder
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1 pinch
salt
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1
large orange - zest and juice
- Orange Glaze
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1 cup
Icing sugar
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1/8 cup
fresh orange juice (sieved)
Directions
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Grease mini Bundt pans - I used Wilton 12 - Cavity Mini Fluted Non-Stick Pan.
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Separate the yolks from the whites.
Zest orange and make juice.
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Sift the two flours and baking powder together and set aside.
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In an electric mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the sugar with the orange zest for 1 minute to release the flavour and oils of the orange zest.
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Add the butter and keep beating for another 8 minutes until the mixture is fluffy and whitish.
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Add the yolks, one at a time, beating 1 minute between each addition.
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Add the orange juice and beat until incorporated.
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Add the flour mixture in three parts, beating just until mixed (the minimum possible).
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Beat the egg whites with the salt until medium peaks form.
Fold in the egg whites by hand, with a rubber spatula, taking care not to over mix.
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Pre-heat the oven to 350º F / 180º C / Gas 4 with rack in the middle.
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Fill the muffin pans to 3/4 of the height and bake the muffins until cooked and golden brown.
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Allow to cool for 5 minutes in pan on cooling rack and then remove and cool completely on cooling rack.
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Serve either plain, dusted with Icing sugar or Orange Glaze
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Orange Glaze:
In a small mixing bowl, combine the Icing sugar and fresh orange juice together. Whisk until smooth and no lumps are visible.
Put the cooling rack over a tray and drizzle the glaze over each cake.
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