Blood Orange Layer Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Cake
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
Filling
1 (16 ounce) carton vanilla yogurt
3 tablespoons honey
1/3 cup whipping cream
1/4 cup powdered sugar
5 cups blood oranges, sections
Syrup
1 cup blood orange juice
1/4 cup sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0.
Coat an 8-inch round cake pan with cooking spray; line bottom of pan with wax paper.
Coat wax paper with cooking spray.
Combine eggs, vanilla, melted butter, and salt in a bowl.
Beat with a mixer at high speed 2 minutes.
Gradually add 1/2 cup granulated sugar, beating until mixture is thick and pale.
Gently fold flour into egg mixture, 1/4 cup at a time.
Spoon batter into prepared pan.
Bake at 375\u00b0 for 20 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center.
Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
To prepare filling, place a colander in a 2-quart glass measure or medium bowl.
Line colander with 4 layers of cheesecloth, allowing cheesecloth to extend over outside edges. Spoon yogurt into colander. Cover loosely with plastic wrap; refrigerate 12 hours.
Spoon yogurt cheese into a large bowl; discard liquid. Add honey to yogurt, stirring well with a whisk.
Combine cream and powdered sugar in bowl, beat with a mixer at high speed until soft peaks form.
Gently stir one-fourth of the cream mixture into yogurt mixture; gently fold in remaining cream mixture.
Cover and chill 15 minutes.
Arrange blood orange sections in a single layer on several layers of paper towels, and let stand 5 minutes.
Reserve half of the sections; roughly chop remaining sections. Cover and chill.
To prepare syrup, combine juice and 1/4 cup granulated sugar in a small saucepan; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly with a whisk.
Reduce heat; simmer until reduced to 1/4 cup.
Remove from heat; cool.
Split cake in half horizontally using a serrated knife (I use unwaxed dental floss) place bottom layer, cut side up, on a plate.
Brush with 2 tablespoons syrup.
Spread with half of yogurt mixture, leaving a 1/4-inch border.
Sprinkle chopped blood orange mixture mixture evenly over yogurt mixture.
Top with the remaining cake layer, cut side down. Brush the top layer with remaining syrup; spread with remaining yogurt mixture.
Top cake with reserved whole orange sections.