Tuesdays with Dorie BWD: Yuzu Ginger Cake

December 24, 2024 at 9:16 pm | Posted in breakfast things, BWD, cakes & tortes, groups, simple cakes, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 5 Comments
Tags: baking, brekkie, cake

I had every intention of baking this cake by the book as an Orange Spice Cake with my bag of Christmas clementines and a ground mulling spice mix I concocted…but the other day I saw that my grocery store had fresh yuzu, which they never have, so I impulse-bought a couple. Then I remembered I had a jar of yuzu marmalade (another impulse buy) in the fridge with just a few spoonfuls left, and my own playing around version– Yuzu Ginger Cake– was born.

This has a familiar feel to some other Dorie cakes we’ve made. She calls these types of cakes “visiting cakes” since they are easy to bake, are sturdy enough to travel well and keep for several days. With heavy cream and butter in the batter, a compact crumb and nice outer crust, this one seemed like a citrus pound cake. I made just a half recipe of the batter, which only took about 40 minutes to bake, although I think I should I picked a slightly smaller pan than I did to get a taller loaf. It smelled great with the yuzu zest and juice and fresh grated ginger that I used. I noticed that a couple of folks who made it for December’s first TWD posting found their cakes to be a tad dry, so as soon as mine came out of the oven, and before glazing with marmalade, I poked holes all over it and drizzled it with a yuzu liqueur I keep on my bar cart. Can you tell it’s a favorite flavor? Not the holiday-scented cake I’d originally imagined it would be, but a fun bake and a delicious treat.

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I love all the bits and bobs and odds and ends you have around your kitchen! What an artist you are…I also like the way you cut your pound cake! Why have I never thought to do that?

Comment by isthisakeeper— December 26, 2024 #

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- Thanks- I cut it that way to try and hide that my loaf wasn’t as tall as I wanted it to be bc I used a tin that was too big. 🙂
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— December 26, 2024 #
  
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What a great version of this cake! I very rarely see yuzu-anything around here.

Comment by Judy— December 26, 2024 #

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Your yuzu version sounds delicious. Yuzu was a popular ingredient on this year’s Holiday Baking Champion on Food Network. You should try out…

Comment by Diane Zwang— December 29, 2024 #

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- 😂
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— December 29, 2024 #
  
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a whisk and a spoon