Tangerine Cake
Tangerine Cake
4 medium Eggs
1 ¼ C. Sugar
¾ C. Oil (neutral taste, not cold pressed)
¾ C. Orange Juice
2 ¼ C. Flour
1 T. Baking Powder
3 Tangerines, peeled
1 ¾ C. Powdered Sugar
Juice from 1 Lemon
3 T. chopped Pistachios
Preheat oven to 400. Prepare Tube Pan. Beat eggs and sugar until light and creamy. Add oil and juice. Briskly stir in flour mixed with baking powder. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in the lower third of the oven for 10 minutes. Arrange tangerine sections on top, return to oven and bake another 35-40 minutes. Sift powdered sugar and stir in lemon juice, drop by drop, to make a smooth syrupy glaze. Pour over cooled cake and sprinkle with chopped pistachios. Let glaze set before serving.