Blended Orange Condensed Milk Pound Cake/ Kek Oren Susu Pekat Manis

I know, I know, another one. Yes, I am crazy about condensed milk pound cake. The last time I put an orange twist to it was when I baked them as cupcakes and marbled one with cocoa batter, here. This time, no marbling is involved, just the decadently dense and moist pound cake bursting with citrus goodness. Every slice you eat is like eating a slice of orange, but in cake form. I pureed two oranges this time so I can use them for other recipes and I am already thinking of orange buns and orange sugar cookies. Just a little of this puree goes a long way in terms of flavour and colour too. I like how simple it is to make this orange puree. I've come across recipes that require the orange to be boiled for like 2 hours while in another recipe, the water used to boil the orange needs to be replaced like 3 times. Although this recipe only calls for the orange to be boiled for an hour, I have to say it works to alleviate any bitterness in the fruit. Adding the puree will make the cake denser and it will require a longer baking time. I baked it at a low temperature (165C) for about 1 hour and 10 minutes.    

Orange Condensed Milk Pound Cake
Adapted from: 
baking fiends unite! 
Bisous a Toi

Ingredients:
240gm good quality butter
90gm sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup (304gm) condensed milk
3 tsp vanilla paste *I used 2 tsp vanilla and 1 tsp lemon extract
240gm cake flour *I used all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
4 large eggs
1 orange - I used Valencia orange that weighs about 100g

Method:
Make the orange puree:
1. Pierce the orange with a skewer in some spots. 
2. Put it in a deep pan and cover with water. Bring to the boil, lower the heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour, until soft. Drain, then cool (alternatively, you could put the orange in a crock pot/slow cooker on low heat overnight until soft)
3. Cut the orange in half and discard the pips. 
4. Put the orange, skin and all, in a blender or food processor and puree until smooth and pulpy. Set aside. 

Remove the pips after boiling the orange...

...then puree (skin and all) until smooth.

Make the cake: 

1. Sift cake flour and baking powder together. Set aside.
2. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
3. Add in salt and vanilla paste and cream well.
4. Pour in condensed milk and orange puree and cream till well combined.
5. Using the mixer on low speed, add in flour in 3 additions. Mix till batter is smooth.
6. Add in eggs one at a time. Make sure it's well mixed and smooth.
7. Pour batter in a greased pan and bake at 165C for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a skewer inserted at the centre of the cake comes out clean. 

Kek Mentega Oren Susu Pekat Manis
Diolah daripada: 
baking fiends unite! 
Bisous a Toi
Dapur Tanpa Sempadan 

Bahan-bahan:
240 gram mentega berkualiti tinggi 

90 gram gula halus

Secubit garam

1 cawan susu pekat manis

2 sudu kecil esen vanilla

240 gram tepung kek *saya guna tepung gandum
1 1/2 sudu kecil baking powder

4 biji telur gred A

1 biji oren *saya guna buah oren Valencia (kurang lebih 100g)

Cara-cara:
Untuk puri oren:
1. Cucuk buah oren beberapa kali dengan lidi. 
2. Rebus buah oren di dalam periuk dengan air penuh sehingga mendidih. Kemudian, perlahankan api, tutup periuk dan rebus lagi selama 1 jam sehingga buah lembut. Tos dan sejukkan.
3. Potong dua buah oren tadi dan buang bijinya. 
4. Kemudian, kisar buah oren (dengan kulit sekali) di dalam pengisar atau food processor sehingga hancur.

Untuk kek: 

1. Panaskan oven pada suhu 165C, griskan tin kek bersaiz 9 inci dengan mentega dan alas dasarnya dengan kertas minyak, lenser juga kertas tadi. Ayak tepung dan baking powder. Ketepikan. 
2. Putar mentega dengan gula hingga putih.

3. Masukkan esen vanilla dan garam, putar hingga gebu.
4. Tuang susu pekat manis dan puri oren; putar lagi hingga sebati.
5. Perlahankan kelajuan dan masukkan tepung yang telah diayak tadi sedikit demi sedikit hingga habis, putar rata.
6. Akhir sekali masukkan telur satu persatu sambil terus memutar hingga mendapat adunan yang licin.

7. Tuang adunan dalam loyang tadi dan bakar selama 1 jam-1 jam 10 minit atau sehingga masak sempurna.