Orange Kiss-Me Cake

Ingredients

• 1 whole orange, with peel
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 0.5 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 0.25 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 orange, sliced in rounds

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13-inch baking dish.
2. Cut whole orange in half; squeeze orange and reserve 1/3 cup juice. Grind together orange peel and pulp, raisins, and 1/3 cup walnuts in a food processor. Set aside.
3. Blend together flour, 1 cup sugar, milk, shortening, eggs, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed for 3 minutes. Stir in orange-raisin mixture until incorporated. Pour into the prepared dish.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minute. Remove cake from the oven.
5. Drizzle reserved 1/3 cup orange juice over warm cake. Mix together 1/3 cup sugar, 1/4 cup walnuts, and cinnamon in a small bowl until well combined; sprinkle over cake. Garnish with orange slices.