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This French Yogurt Cake, chosen by Liliana of My Cookbook Addiction (click for recipe), may have been one of the easiest recipes to throw together. In France, all of the ingredients are measured by using a single yogurt container. (I sometimes envy the French's ability to create the most beautiful and elegant things, and make it look so effortless).
Since I heard about all of the glorious wonders of the French Yogurt Cake, I wanted to make it as the recipe called for, but topped it with an orange glaze rather than lemon. And wow, did this live up to all of the praise. Light with a tender crumb. A hint of lemon. Moist. Scrum-diddly-umptious.
Then, I wanted to play around a bit. I made it again, but decided to make muffins filled with an orange mousse. I baked them for 14 minutes in standard muffin pans, and as they cooled, I searched far and wide for a good orange mousse recipe.
I'm still searching.
Why are there no orange mousse recipes online? Does this orange mousse not exist? I don't think I'm reinventing the wheel here. So I found a recipe for lemon mousse and used orange juice instead of lemon juice.
It turned out to be more of an orange whipped cream, rather than an orange mousse, but it went so well in the muffins. I hollowed out the top, piped in a bit of orange cream, replaced the top, and brushed it with the orange marmalade glaze.
I bit into the cake and was greeted by billowy, orange delight in a muffin. This muffin was skyrockets in flight. It was my baby and I was gonna hold it tight. Thinkin' of it was gonna work up my appetite.
Oh yes, my friends. This muffin was Afternoon Delight.
I brought these in to work, and my co-worker (who has an amazing way with words and is a fantastic writer) came over to my desk and said, "This is really lovely. It's like biting into springtime."
Hells yeah it is! Springtime Afternoon Delight!
Check out TWD for more of this amazing cake!
- 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3/4 cup fresh orange
- 6 large egg yolks
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 tablespoons grated orange peel
- 2 cups chilled whipping cream
- Combine 1 cup sugar, lemon juice, 6 egg yolks, 2 whole eggs and grated lemon peel in large metal bowl. Set bowl over saucepan of simmering water (do not allow bowl to touch water). Whisk until mixture thickens and thermometer inserted into mixture registers 160°F. Transfer lemon curd to another large bowl. Chill until cool, whisking occasionally.
- Using electric mixer, beat 11/2 cups cream in medium bowl until medium-firm peaks form. Fold 1/3 of whipped cream into lemon curd to lighten, then fold in remaining whipped cream.
I love your dog Teanna! And the orange and lemon sound scrumptious together. Wasn't this a great cake?
Posted by: peggy | March 17, 2009 at 04:20 PM
Sounds so delicious with the mousse and marmalade glaze!
Posted by: lisaiscooking | March 17, 2009 at 04:21 PM
Um, hello--YUM!!!! Love the mousse-y inside! Makes me want to get the half of orange one I made out of the freezer-now! I'm saving it for Thurs., but we'll see if it makes it til then! ;)
Posted by: Katrina | March 17, 2009 at 04:45 PM
Great job, looks lovely!
Posted by: Carolyn | March 17, 2009 at 04:49 PM
That orange mousse filling sounds so good! Your photos are gorgeous - everything looks delicious.
Posted by: Tracey | March 17, 2009 at 05:21 PM
Great looking cake! YOur dog is to cute!
Posted by: Michelle | March 17, 2009 at 05:32 PM
Oh, YUM. Yes, yes YES to the orange mousse.
Babette
Posted by: The Barb | March 17, 2009 at 05:54 PM
Biting into a big cloud of orange mousse sounds delightful! Your loaf is perfect, such great colour!
Posted by: Natashya | March 17, 2009 at 06:38 PM
Wow, you were so creative with this one! Nice job. Poor Remy....did she get a little taste of the cake later?
Posted by: ellen | March 17, 2009 at 08:15 PM
What a great idea to add a filling! They look delicious!
BTW, I love the graphics at the top of your blog. Did you design that? It's great!
Posted by: Annette | March 17, 2009 at 08:37 PM
Loaf cake and muffins look absolutely beautiful! Did Remy get a little bit, even just a tiny little bit?
Posted by: Heather Peskin | March 17, 2009 at 08:37 PM
Great job on your cake! Love your Remy...so cute!
Posted by: Heather B | March 17, 2009 at 08:38 PM
Your dog is cute! She looks like she wants to devour this cake. Glad you liked it, it looks pretty!
Posted by: Melissa | March 17, 2009 at 08:56 PM
I never heard of orange mousse, but I have to think that someone's made it before. Your filled muffins look delicious!
Posted by: Jill | March 17, 2009 at 09:01 PM
I love your cake both ways, just like I knew that I would. I can't get my mind off that orange cream . . . or afternoon delight, for that matter. YES, this is like biting into springtime EXACTLY.
Posted by: Cathy | March 17, 2009 at 10:43 PM
I love the pic of the loaf cake - beautiful!
And the mousse sounds fantastic!
Posted by: Joy | March 17, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Yum, the orange mousse sounds AWESOME! Your dog is adorable. And I definitely recommend getting a Weimaraner. Just be prepared to exercise a lot and hide your baked goods: they are energetic and voracious eaters.
Posted by: Margot | March 17, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Love the sound of the cupcakes filled with orange mousse! I'll be making this again very soon too.
Posted by: Bria | March 18, 2009 at 12:45 AM
LOVE the filling... what a great idea. And orange - such a nice change / addition to lemon. The all look delicious. This was a nice "tea" cake - but I can't wait to make those boozy cupcakes of yours.
Nicely done!
Posted by: mike | March 18, 2009 at 12:52 AM
Your cake and muffins look so yummy! I would love to try that orange mousse because it looks delicious... ultimately refreshing I bet!
Posted by: Ivette | March 18, 2009 at 01:13 AM