Ingredients

• 1 orange sponge cake
• 1 cup orange juice
• 3 oranges, segmented, peeled and deseeded
• 1 cup cream
• 3.5 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp orange jam
• 1/2 gelatine
• 8-10 cherries (glaced or blanched)

How to Make Special Orange Cake

• Bake sponge cake with additions (orange essence and orange colour) .
• Mix 1/2 tbsp sugar in the orange juice.
• Cut cake into two horizontal halves. Soak them by sprinkling half the juice.
• Whip remaining sugar and cream till light and fluffy. Do not over beat.
• Spread half the cream on the lower half. Put remaining in an icing gun. Keep in fridge.
• Save 8-10 segments of orange for topping. Spread remaining over the cream.
• Place other half cake on top.
• Sprinkle gelatine over remaining juice, keep for 2-3 minutes.
• Stir in jam, warm over slow fire till the solution has no crystals. Do not boil. Cool.
• Pipe a border of whipped cream.
• Pour gelatine in this boundary on the top.
• Allow to set in fridge.
• Decorate by arranged orange segment and cherries.
• Chill for 1/2 hour before serving.