Drunken Cake

Ingredients

• Spirited Syrup - recipe follows
• 3/4 c granulate sugar
• 1 t grated orange peel
• 1/2 c orange juice
• 1/2 ts grated lemon peel
• 2 tb lemon juice
• 1/8 ts ground cinnamon
• 2 tb to 3 T rum
• 1 t vanilla
• Cake:
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 c sugar
• 3/4 c all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 ts baking powder
• 2 ts grated orange peel
• 1/4 c butter or margarine, melted
• Orange segments
• Mint sprigs

Directions

Syrup: In small pan, mix sugar, orange peel, juice, lemon peel, lemon juice and cinnamon. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil, stirring, just until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool; then stir in rum and vanilla.
Combine eggs and sugar and beat until thick and lemon colored. Add flour, baking powder, orange peel and butter; beat until well blended. Spread batter in a greased, floured 9-inch cake pan with a removable rim.
Bake in a 375-degree oven until cake just begins to pull away from sides of pan and center springs back when lightly pressed (about 20 minutes).
Set warm cake in pan or on a rack; set rack over a plate to catch any drips. Pierce cake all over with a fork. Slowly pour Spirited Syrup over cake; let cool.
Just before serving, remove pan rim. Garnish cake with orange segments; if desired, and mint sprigs.

Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Internet
Submitted By: Marlen
matchlessm@aol.com
Drunken Cake