Orange-Cinnamon Cake

This is one of my all-time favorite coffee cakes to make. If you don't like raisin, don't make the cake because it needs them! Just my opinion! Of course, with this cake you might find a growing fondness for them. This cake, baking in the oven, scents the house wonderfully. It tastes best at room temperature or cold. The cake makes a nice breakfast snack with a cup of hot coffee and not a care in the world!

ORANGE-CINNAMON CAKE

This cake makes a festive coffee cake for a holiday breakfast or brunch.

6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup milk
2 eggs
1 cup light raisins
½ cup chopped walnuts

Grease and flour bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine ½ cup orange juice concentrate with remaining ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Blend at lowest speed for 30 seconds. Beat three minutes at medium speed. Pour batter into pan and bake for approximately 40 minutes or until golden. Drizzle remaining orange juice over warm cake and sprinkle with topping.

TOPPING
½ cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Combine ingredients and use as directed.

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Getting the last word in with our husbands . . .

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.

Socrates

Beware of the Killer Zucchini!

 
Zucchini are sneaky plants. They are best eaten at a rather small stage in their life and no matter how often we check on them to make sure they are maintaining their youthfulness, one will get past us . . . almost as in overnight!

My husband checked his plants everyday yet woke up one morning to find this giant squash taking over his yard. Not to waste the fruits of his labor, we had a lot of zucchini cake, zucchini bread, steamed zucchini . . . We may be eating healthily but we are sure rapidly getting tired of zucchini!

On a lighter note . . .

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."
       -- Dorothy Parker

 

"All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things."
       -- Bobby Knight

Deep thought for a Friday morning . . .

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe