Orange Cake - A Tribute to Ruri

We were just about to go to Mount Ruapehu when I found many text messages came on my mobile phone as soon as I activated it, about two weeks ago. The news was sad. Our beloved friend, Ruri Hujiansyah, had died of cancer. I had to sit down for a while and remembered the moment I met her at NCC 'headquarter' in Jakarta back in 2006. It was her lovely klaapertaart that came to my mind. It was wonderfuly rich and was a homemade. She was a very good cook and a very talented baker. She produced lovely goodies and her ideas would always be inspirations to a lot of people.



Ruri, we'll be missing you and will always remember you as a good person and a lovely friend. Farewell, my friend. Rest in Peace.

Orange Cake

This is my tribute to Ruri. Please tag with "ruri" or "tribute to ruri" if you'd like to join with me. If you're not an Indonesian and can't read Indonesian, you still are able to give a tribute by creating your own dish in the regards of Ruri by tagging the same words. Thank you.

Indonesian can be viewed here.



Source : mbak Ita NCC

Bahan :
375g butter
2 Cup caster sugar
1 cup orange juice (atau 1/4 cup orange concentrate + 1/4 cup water)
2 Cup plain flour + 1 tsp Baking powder, sift
1 Cup ground almond
14 egg yolks
4 egg whites
(otherwise, use 6 whole eggs to reduce colesterol intake, whisk loosely)

• Put the butter, sugar and orange juice in a saucepan and heat the mixture until the butter is melted. Set aside to cool.
• Combine the flour and ground almond in a large bowl, make a well in the centre.
• Pour in the butter mixture, whisk slowly until the mixture is smooth.
• Add in the eggs, mix well.
• Pour into 3 triplet 24cm tins.
• Put in the oven until well baked.

Filing
50g cornflour
50g sugar
300g water
25g orange concentrate
1 Tbs melted butter

Put cornflour, sugar and water in a saucepan, cook until thicken, add in the orange concentrate and melted butter. Whisk until well-mixed and smooth.

Assemble

• Sandwich the cake with the filing
• Decorate with fresh fruits, if you like