This too simple, two-simple Orange Brown Sugar Cake is my absolute favorite.
This recipe is too simple: two cups, two eggs, two cans, two teaspoons.
It doesn't get much easier than this, so the girls and I have name it our Two Simple Brown Sugar Cake.
A couple of quick notes:
- The first time Shad's mom made this cake for the family, I turned my nose up and asked, "What is that?" It is not exactly beautiful in the final format; it's brown, plain, and delicious.
- I never knew there were mandarin oranges in the cake until I asked about the recipe. They get chopped up in the beaters and make the final result unbelievably moist and delicious.
- You absolutely must have whipped cream on top. Ice-cream will suffice if whipped cream is not available!
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Orange Brown Sugar Cake
This too simple, two-simple Orange Brown Sugar Cake is my absolute favorite.
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups All-purpose flour
- 2 cups White sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 2 cans Mandarin orange (11 oz. each), drained
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon salt *optional
Topping
- ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325ºF.
- Beat all of the cake ingredients for 3 minutes with an electric mixer.
- Pour the mixture into a sprayed 9 x 13 pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes.
- While the cake is baking, combine over medium heat the ingredients for the topping in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil for 1 minute.
- Pour hot topping on cake immediately after it is removed from the oven.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutrition Information
Yield 12 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 307Total Fat 4gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 1gCholesterol 39mgSodium 348mgCarbohydrates 65gFiber 1gSugar 48gProtein 4g
Disclaimer: Nutrition calculation is automatically calculated and may be inaccurate.
Seriously delicious.
PS: I gave this post a quick proofread and realized I used the word "delicious" three times.
Thank you to Thesaurus.com for these alternative words which also would describe the recipe well:
delightful, enjoyable, heavenly, rich, sweet, tempting, tasty, yummy, divine, fit for a king, gratifying, scrumptious, tasteful, and my favorite (lol)... titillating.
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Image Credits via Flickr Creative Commons:
Mandarin Oranges, SF Chinatown by Gary Stevens
Sugar Cannister by Joanna Bourne
First Root Farm CSA Ninth Pickup #7 Eggs by Tim Sackton
YUM! Mandarin oranges can by Kyle Pearson