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Grand Marnier Cake

While living in Istanbul and watching BBC television, I learned about true cooking.  I don't know if I had ever talked about my mother's cooking.  To quickly recap: it was horrible and I believe that she enjoyed torturing us.  This would include her sibling and their children as well. Which is the reason why as of today, moving forward in my life, I decided to learn how to cook the right way.  For all our survive.

Now I know that some of us are not baking masters however we would contribute something to the Thanksgiving or the Christmas dinner dessert table. So here is another simple recipe for you.

Preheat the over @ 325 degrees.

In a nice size mixing bowl:

1 box of Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix 
3 eggs (as stated on the back of the cake box)
1 cup of water (as stated on the back of the cake box)
1/4 cup of olive oil (do not use cooking oil as the back of the cake box says)
1/4 cup of Grand Marnier
1 orange which you will shave the outside skin to into the cake mix, then that orange cut in half and squeeze it like you are making fresh orange juice. You want the pulp from that and about a 1/3 of the juice from that one orange to go into the mix. 

Mix well.  

I am suggesting that you use a bundt cake pan for this cake.  Butter and flour well in the event that you do not have a can of Pam baking spray.

For those of you who like walnuts, you can add 1/4 cup of walnuts please make sure that you crush real well before adding to the mixture.

The cake should take about 20 to 25 minutes to bake.  If you check it the first time that top of the cake looks somewhat wet, give it a slight shake and if the top of the cake move keeps it in the oven for another 7 or 8 minutes.   To see if the cake is completely done: use the knife check.  That's taking the knife poking it through the cake and taking it out to make sure that the cake is done all the way through.  If the knife comes out clean then the cake is done.  Let it cake cool off in the pan for about 20 minutes before putting it on a plate.  

For the icing combine 1/4 cup of powder sugar and 1 teaspoon of nutmeg.  Stir well and then shift it lightly over the cake.

And there you have it everyone.  A simple cake that even the non-baker can make.

Enjoy!!

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