Recipe by Gitta Bixenspanner

Fragrant Etrog Cake

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Parve Parve
Easy Easy
10 Servings
Allergens

Ingredients

Batter

Glaze

  • 1 to 2 tablespoons orange juice

  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar

  • 1 teaspoon Gefen Vanilla

  • reserved etrog juice mixture

Directions

Bake

1.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a tube pan with oil or non stick spray with flour.

2.

Grate the esrog peel and juice lemon and lime and whatever juice you can squeeze from the esrog (strain to remove membranes and seeds). Reserve one tablespoon juice and etrog peel for the glaze.

3.

Beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla sugar until light and lemon in color, about 10 minutes.

4.

Sift flour, baking powder and salt.

5.

Gradually incorporate flour mixture into the eggs, gently mixing after each addition. Add the oil, again gently mixing. Do not overbeat.

6.

Add citrus mixture and blend.

7.

Place batter in pan and bake about 45 minutes or when inserted toothpick comes out dry .

Glaze

1.

Blend together glaze ingredients, the reserved citrus mixture, and etrog peel.

2.

Remove cake from pan and drizzle glaze over warm cake.

Fragrant Etrog Cake

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Marcia Levinson
Marcia Levinson
7 years ago

Something is wrong with this recipe In step 5 it says to add all ingredients by “alternating flour mixture with egg mixture” . There is nothing to alternate the flour with. We tried just adding the flour mixture and it almost caused our mixer to stall. Only when we added the oil did we get something resembling a batter that could be manipulated. Also there is way too much orange juice for the glaze. I think that the 1 c of orange juice that is said to be for the glaze is what should be added alternately with the flour mixture and the tbs only for the glaze. The cake as made was edible but the glaze was useless, with the consistency of orange juice and not glaze like at all when the full cup of orange juice was used.

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Cnooymow{shman
Cnooymow{shman
Reply to  Marcia Levinson
7 years ago

Hi Marcia. Let me check into that for you.

Leah Goldman
Leah Goldman
7 years ago

vanilla sugar sorry one more question when does the vanillla sugar go in. its not mentioned in the directions. thank you

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Cnooymow{shman
Cnooymow{shman
Reply to  Leah Goldman
7 years ago

Add it with the regular sugar.

Leah Goldman
Leah Goldman
7 years ago

missing something was left out after 3 eggs 1 1/2 cups and it doesnt say of what????

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fr
fr
2 years ago

just wondering, based off of the reviews and previous questions, does the 1 cup + 1 TBSP orange juice belong in the glaze or in the citrus mixture of the cake? plz. clarify as i’d love to give it a try this coming sukkot!
tnx

Raquel
Raquel
Reply to  fr
2 years ago

Hi! The recipe is being fixed. We are recommending between 1-2 TBSP of orange juice in the glaze. Start off with one and slowly add another until it’s at the right consistency.

Amy Finkelstein
Amy Finkelstein
3 years ago

The cake is good, but you need a lot less orange juice

Raquel
Raquel
Reply to  Amy Finkelstein
2 years ago

Hi! You are right, and the recipe is being fixed. We are recommending between 1-2 TBSP of orange juice in the glaze. Start off with one and slowly add another until it’s at the right consistency.

Leah Goldman
Leah Goldman
4 years ago

hi marcia you are right about the orange juice and someone said they would check into it 3 years ago but they never did so i made the cake again like an idiot without checking the questions to see i made it 3 years ago and it is a horrible recipe because something was left out or instructjions are wrong doesnt anyone check these recipes before they print them and now people have to waste so many ingredients

Leah Goldman
Leah Goldman
Reply to  Leah Goldman
3 years ago

hi marcia me again A YEAR LATER. doesnt anyone check these reviews you still did not fix the recipe its not 1 cup and 1 tblsp orange juice for the glaze . the one cup of orange juice goes into the cake. please fix this before someone makes the same mistake again.

Leah Goldman
Leah Goldman
Reply to  Leah Goldman
3 years ago

no one fixed this recipe. i wrote in a year ago and the recipe is not fixed. fix it before someone makes the same mistake one cup of the orange juice goes in the cake not the glaze

Raquel
Raquel
Reply to  Leah Goldman
2 years ago

Hi! The recipe is being fixed. We are recommending between 1-2 TBSP of orange juice in the glaze. Start off with one and slowly add another until it’s at the right consistency.