Beans Bubble Room Captivas Orange Cake

[apanda]

Bean Posted May 31, 2006 01:52 PM
This is what I found -

The Bubble Room in Captiva, FL serves a luscious white layer cake (like a 1,2,3,4 cake) with orange frosting and a crunch between the layers.

- They use slivered almonds instead of walnuts.

Crunch layer

1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup butter, melted

Cake

1 pkg. Pillsbury Plus yellow cake mix
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup orange juice
2 tbls. grated orange peel
3 eggs
1/3 cup oil

Frosting

1 can Pillsbury Ready to Spread vanilla frosting
1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed
3 tbls. grated orange peel
1 tsp. grated lemon peel

Combine crunch layer ingredients. Press 1/2 iinto each bottom of 2 greased and floured 8" or 9" pans.

In a large bowl, blend cake ingredients at low speed until moistened. Beat 2 mins at high speed. Pour into pans.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 mins. Cool 10 mins. Remove from pans and cool completely.

In small bowl, mix frosting & topping. Fold in lemon & lime peels.

Place one layer, crunch side up, on plate. Spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Top with remaining layer, crunch side up. Spread top and sides with remaining frosting.

[Waynew]

Needs some work

The cake and crunch layer are close I think, but the frosting in this recipe is about as far off as it could be. I will have to do some "research" and go to the Bubble Room to taste the cake again. Some of the online restaurant reviews I have seen say that it is an orange-cream cheese frosting. I don't remember a cream cheese flavor, but it could be an ingredient. Also, the cake at the Bubble Room does not have slivered almonds as stated above, but sliced almonds.

[nuisance]

I read the name and thought we had another "porn" post!!! Glad to see it's just Bean cooking!!! lol

[luv2bake]

[QUOTE=nuisance]I read the name and thought we had another "porn" post!!! Glad to see it's just Bean cooking!!! lol[/QUOTE]

LOL...me, too, Nu!

[night-angel]

What may be great as a frosting is Gary Solomon's Carrot cake icing. (the one with orange flavor.)

[Shunick]

Gary Solomon's Orange Frosting recipe

ORANGE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
1/2c. butter, softened
1 (8oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1tsp. vanilla
2c. sifted powdered sugar
1tsp. orange juice
1/2tsp. grated orange peel

Combine butter and cream cheese, beating until light and fluffy. Add vanilla, powdered sugar, orange juice and orange peel; beat until smooth. (You may need to add more powdered sugar to get the desired consistency for spreading.) Spread on cake.I know it sounds like a good bit of work, but it is SOOOOO good.