Baking With Booze - Orange Cake With Cointreau Recipe (2024)

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by Winnie Khamal Macbailey (IC: instagram)

30cm loaf cake

1 hr 10 min

Be sure to include this cake when planning your next party. It is moist,crumbly textured,citrusy with a hint of alcohol; super delicious. It will definitely make it to your list of cake favorites.

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Why Cointreau?

Cointreau is an orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur. It should be a staple in every home bar, as it is the key ingredient in many co*cktails such as; margaritas, cosmopolitans and many others. One of my go-to co*cktails is the Cointreau fizz- a combination of oranges, cointreau, soda water and mint.

The decision to bake this cake was an easy one to make for several reasons: I have an ongoing love affair with cointreau, plus I love the addition of alcohol in cakes. Finally, this recipe is basically my go-to co*cktail in a cake.

Baking With Booze- Orange Cake With Cointreau

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Recipe details

Yield 30 cm loaf cake
Time spent: Prep time:30Minutes Cook time:40Minutes Total time:1 hr 10 min

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Ingredients

250gramsbutter(1 cup+2 tbsp)
150gramssugar(¾ cup)
5eggs
250gramsflour(1½ cup flour)
½tspsalt
2½tspbaking powder
5tbspCointreau
¼cuporange juice(squeezed)
1tbsporange rind
1tbspbutter for cake mold

Orange Glaze

½cuporange juice
2tbspcointreau
½cupsugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 170°c (338°f)
Add baking powder and salt to flour and mix .
With a a cake mixer, mix butter and sugar to a creamy mass. This will take approximately 3minutes.
Add eggs two at a time and mix on high speed between each addition.
Add flour mixture half a cup at a time, cointreau and orange rind.
Pour batter into a buttered and floured 30cm loaf pan.
Bake for 40minutes or till skewer comes out clean.

Orange Cointreau Glaze

Mix sugar, orange juice and cointreau together in a sauce pot and bring to a boil.Let it boil for about 10minutes till it turns translucent and the syrup thickens.
Poke holes into cake with skewer and pour syrup over cake and top with some orange segments.

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May 2nd, 2022 1:24 PM

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KC on May 14, 2022

Sounds delicious! Now I just need someone to come and make one for me. I will save this recipe just in case I get ambitious one day. Thanks!

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  Wanda on May 14, 2022
  
  Lol… that totally made me laugh, I do the same thing, I see the recipe, print it out even, but I never make them. 😑☹️
  
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- Winnie Khamal Macbailey on May 15, 2022
  
  Im laughing so hard. 🤣 Hopefully you get ambitious enough to try it out,it is a very delicious recipe.
  
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- Kathleen on May 15, 2022
  
  I'm with ya KC! But this one sounds so good I'm going to give it a try using a box white or yellow cake mix! EEEK! I can hear bakers now!
  
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Jo Ann Puri on May 15, 2022

Girls, if you are not disabled in any way, make the cake. You'll be glad you did. Do it for disabled people like me who's on oxygen, a continually pumped medicine and deal with true fatigue. I finally made the 2- ingredient lemon bars (Angel food cake mix and 2 jars of lemon curd). They are yummy and it was so fun to send some home with my daughter when she came to change out my medicine pump. It only took me 3 months to get up the knob to do it. If someone who bakes would stop in with samples it would thrill me.
I'm curious as to size of pan to use and whether it needs to be greased and floured or not.
Jo Ann P

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- Donna Simpson Cephas on May 15, 2022
  
  I would also like to know the size of loaf pan...looking at equivalent charts has yielded zero info for that.
  As for greased and floured I would just do that anyway as for most cakes (or use Bakers Joy spray).
  
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- Winnie Khamal Macbailey on May 15, 2022
  
  Hi Jo Ann. Your comment made me a little emotional. I once baked a cake for my neighbour who just had a surgery. She was so happy to the point of tears. You will be surprised at how a little act of kindness can positively impact someone.
  I uaed a 30cm loaf pan and yes I buttered and floured the pan before baking.
  Thanks 🤗
  
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- Winnie Khamal Macbailey on May 15, 2022
  
  Hi Jo Ann! Your comment made me emotional. I remember baking a cake for a neighbour who just had surgery. She was so happy that she cried. You will be surprised at the impact a little act of kindness will have on someone.
  I used a 30 cm loaf pan and yes I buttered and floured the pan. Sorry i omitted that in the recipe. Corrections have been made.
  Thankss
  
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- Liante on May 16, 2022
  
  ❤️❤️ Sending prayers!
  
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- Gloria Casillas on May 15, 2023
  
  Speedy and complete recovery
  
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What happens when you add alcohol to cake batter? ›

Baking with booze—such as bourbon, rum, port and vodka—can add additional flavor, texture and even change the consistency of many baked goods.

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Which is better, triple sec or Cointreau? ›

While Cointreau is a premium option with a higher price point and ABV, triple sec is a more affordable and sweeter alternative. Regardless of your preference, Red & White offers both options for purchase, making it a convenient one-stop-shop for all your liquor needs.

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Can Cointreau be substituted for Grand Marnier? ›

These brands are not necessarily interchangeable, but if you are in a pinch, you can make some adjustments to make it work. When using Cointreau instead of Grand Marnier, be sure to add more than you usually would because it has a lighter flavor.

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Generally, Grand Marnier is intended to bring a stronger, more warming flavor to a co*cktail or baking recipe, while Cointreau and other types of triple sec are much more generalized supporting flavors.

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Does Cointreau need to be refrigerated? ›

If not opened and stored in a dark place at ambient temperature, the bottle might be kept for years.

Does Cointreau go bad? ›

We recommend consuming Cointreau within two years after opening the bottle, to be sure to enjoy the subtleties of its flavours to the fullest. If kept for a longer period of time, it will be still safe to drink. However, its aromatic components might be altered, which might have an effect on its delicate flavours.

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What's more expensive Cointreau or Grand Marnier? ›

Grand Marnier debuted its orange-and-cognac liqueur in 1880, whereas Cointreau became available in 1885. Grand Marnier is typically more expensive. For example, a 750-ml bottle of Grand Marnier retails for around $55, versus roughly $40 for a 750-ml bottle of Cointreau.

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