Wednesday, 19 March 2025

First Day of Spring and a Recipe

 



 

Happy First Day of Spring!

I would have preferred a better weather forecast but hopefully the rain won't continue all day.  To change the old saying a bit March Showers bring April Flowers.

I went to the thrift store today....found not a single thing. I forgot that it is Spring break and the store was full of young people as well as families. Tomorrow I'm planning on going to a different thrift store.
Maybe there I'll have better luck.

I made vegetarian quiche in ramekins for supper. Since the oven was on  I quickly made an orange loaf. I've made it before and it's lovely. I'll post the recipe in case anyone wants to make it. It calls for a glaze when it comes out of the oven but I didn't bother.


 

Orange Loaf

 

Ingredients:

1  large seedless orange, peel & all

1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled

2 large eggs
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1 cup sugar 

1 3/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350*F Grease and flour a 9X5 loaf pan or line with parchment paper.

Cut orange into pieces and place in blender . Blend until the pieces are broken down. My blender had trouble so I added the eggs and butter at the point and it worked just fine. 


In a large bowl mix dry ingredients. Add wet to dry and stir just until combined.  Transfer the batter to the loaf pan. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

My computer seems to be stuck on BOLD.   Hopefully turning it off for night will restore things to normal.

 

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18 comments:

  1. That cake sounds delicious 😋

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  2. That cake looks So good! And the quiche does, as well. Stay warm and Happy Spring to you, as well!
    hugs
    Donna

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  3. Happy spring and BLESSINGS BLESSINGS BLESSINGS for all you work and happiness with flowers and all you do now in the growing light. The quiche and orange-loaf look delicious *:*:*:*:

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  4. That recipe sounds delicious, I think I'm going to try it.

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  5. Happy Spring!
    Thank you for the recipe. I usually make lemon one but will try orange.
    The quiche look good too !

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  6. Happy Spring Wishes.
    The quiche look good so does your orange loaf :)

    All the best Jan

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  7. Happy First Day of Spring to you :) The orange loaf sounds delish. I've never seen a recipe where you use the peel.

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  8. The orange loaf looks delicious. I imagine the whole orange in there gives it a very fresh taste. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
    Hope your rain goes away. Send it this way. We could use some. Happy Spring!

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  9. Sounds delicious, thanks for the recipe.
    Happy Spring
    We had both rain and sunshine today.

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  10. 1/2 butter cup? We are cold and drizzly feels like a sleepy day but we are supposed to have a bit of snow tomorrow,
    Cathy

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  11. What an ingenious recipe - I have similar one for lemon pie where you blend the entire lemon. So good! Must try this before it heats up so much that I can't use my oven. (:

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  12. The orange bread sounds very good.

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  13. Happy Spring! Around here we say April showers brings May flowers! Not Spring here yet!

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  14. Happy Spring, GM!
    Our thrift was picked pretty dry today too, although I came away with a few things. I think my favorite was a pair of silver plate salad tongs.

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  15. Happy 1st Day of Spring to you! Your orange loaf sounds delicious....looks mighty good too! I love orange anything! Good luck at the Thrift Store tomorrow! diane in northern wis

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  16. We are actually hoping for some March showers. It's good to see some color in the woods. The Sarvis and Redbuds are dotting the hillsides now. Your orange loaf looks and sounds delicious.

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  17. The Quiche looks amazing, and the orange loaf sounds delicious. Our first day of spring didn't have very spring like weather either...rain and cooler temps both. But at least it wasn't snow! :)

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