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- Y'all I'm fixing to share with you
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I mean, it goes back a long way.
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it might have even been in my first cookbook,
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but I know it's in this cookbook
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because I'm reading it
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and people love them.
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And they're so simple.
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They're called orange blossoms.
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Now, you can do a lemon blossom
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or you can do an orange blossom.
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So, today I've just been in the mood,
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I don't know if you've heard me say, Eddie,
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I wanted something orange,
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you know, citrusy and orangey.
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my own public decision
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to make these orange.
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Alright, so I'm gonna go ahead and make our glaze
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So, now for the glaze
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I need three cups of confectioner's sugar,
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a half a cup of fresh orange juice.
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Now, if you've got frozen orange juice,
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I would just use three tablespoons
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out of the frozen because that's concentrate.
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So, it's gonna make it nice and orangey.
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All right, let's see.
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I need three tablespoons of melted butter
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and three tablespoons of water.
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So, three tablespoons of water
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and I'm gonna need to melt a little butter.
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I think oil would be good.
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there I go changing my own recipes.
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1, 2, 3 tablespoons of oil
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Let me wash this orange.
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I'm going to just zest 'em,
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some zest to go in our glaze.
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You're gonna want every drop of it.
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do we have this in the stores, Eddie?
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- [Eddie] I'm not sure that the orange is,
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I think you've got almond, vanilla.
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- [Eddie] Peppermint and lemon.
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- Yeah, we've got some wonderful extracts,
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but even with the orange juice and the orange rind,
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I'm gonna put about a teaspoon of orange flavoring.
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Right, so I'm gonna give this a stir
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and I want all this stuff done
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because when our little cakes come outta the oven,
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we gonna have to step quickly to dip our cakes.
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'Cause you have to dip 'em while they're hot.
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Oh, I scared my mule.
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Now, if it appears too thick
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you can always add a little bit more liquid to it.
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I'm gonna see if that's...
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The orange is perfect, Eddie.
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I'm gonna give it just
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a little bit more juice.
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Get some of that pulp out.
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Do you like your orange juice pulpless
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- [Eddie] I like a little pulp in it.
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I mean, to me that just says, ooh, I'm so fresh.
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We've got our glaze ready for our orange blossoms
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and now we're gonna make the little cakes.
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And this is just really a dump and beat.
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So, I'm adding four eggs to our yellow cake mix.
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You know, they might make an orange cake mix out there,
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but I just as soon use yellow
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and put my own orange flavor to it.
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Now, if we were making lemon, we'd use lemon flavoring
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and then we're gonna add
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packages of instant jello.
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And this helps make cakes moist.
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Okay, now we've got a half a cup of water.
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No, it was three quarters, wasn't it?
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- [Eddie] Yeah, I think.
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Three quarters cup of water
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and three fourths a cup of oil
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and now we just gonna beat it for about two minutes
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and we'll have her done.
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Now, I'm gonna spray our muffin tins
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and because we have to dump these
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as soon as they come out of the oven,
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we don't have to cool 'em or let 'em wait or anything,
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I'm gonna bake these off in batches
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so I can get to 'em all
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and they won't have time to cool off.
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I'm using a non-stick spray
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that has the flour and the oil in it
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and you're gonna need about a tablespoon
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for each little blossom.
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And these will probably bake in about 10 minutes.
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Seems like it's been a while since I've made these,
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It's kinda like the gooey butter cakes,
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how many ways can you come up with to make a blossom?
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Just a little bit more for that.
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It's gonna take us a while, Eddie.
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That's a lot of batter, but it don't matter.
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Okay, now we'll do one more
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and we'll just bake off two of these at the time.
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and I'm gonna bake 'em for 10 to 12 minutes.
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So, it won't take but a second
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and then we're gonna bathe 'em in
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that wonderful confectioner's sugar glaze.
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but I made 'em too big.
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Y'all it's been a long, long time since I made these.
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I was just telling Eddie.
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I wish I had some baker's tweezers.
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that I could manhandle these with.
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and y'all can try to act surprised, but I know you're not
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but I have been known to double dip.
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for one more little bath
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in case I feel like they're a little on the dirty side.
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All right, grab you one, Eddie.
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Grab you one while it's warm.
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- [Eddie] It is good.
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but people just love poppin' 'em in their mouth.
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- [Eddie] It's like eating a hot Krispy Kreme donut.
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You see them picking it up for you.
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- Well, wait, now I got to see.
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And it's just got that faint orange taste, Eddie.
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- [Eddie] Yeah, perfect.
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it's just so easy, y'all.
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I highly recommend doin' it in small batches
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and that way they don't have time to get cold on you.
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'Cause you want 'em to be hot
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when you bathe them in that glaze.
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They have it like kind of a bubble bath.
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But, if I double glaze 'em,
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I will certainly have to make some more glaze.
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So, I may just let one do it this time.
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Y'all, please try these.
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Now, take these to the next church social
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or bridge night with your lady friends
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or hell, even a beer party with your buddies.
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I promise they will like these.
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Love and best dishes.
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Hope all your blossoms bloom.
