Cranberry-Orange Gâteau with Cream-Cheese Filling

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon double-acting baking powder 
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.3 cup butter softened
• 0.7 cup cranberries dried
• 1 large eggs 
• 1 large egg whites 
• 0.5 cup nonfat buttermilk fat-free
• 1.5 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.8 cup granulated sugar 
• 1.5 tablespoons orange juice fresh
• 2 teaspoons orange juice fresh
• 2 teaspoons orange zest grated
• 0.3 cup part-skim ricotta 
• 1 cup powdered sugar sifted
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 3 tablespoons cornmeal yellow

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• knife
• whisk
• wire rack
• blender
• cake form
• measuring cup
• serrated knife

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. To prepare cake, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
3. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients (flour through salt) in a bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
4. Place granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 2 minutes).
5. Add rind; beat to combine.
6. Add egg and egg white, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
7. Combine buttermilk and ricotta, stirring well with a whisk.
8. Add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in cranberries. Spoon batter into a 9-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray.
9. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
10. To prepare filling, place 1 cup powdered sugar and cream cheese in a bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended.
11. Add 2 teaspoons orange juice, and beat to combine. Cover and chill 30 minutes.
12. To prepare glaze, combine 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 1/2 tablespoons orange juice, stirring well with a whisk.
13. Split cooled cake in half horizontally using a serrated knife; place bottom layer, cut side up, on a plate.
14. Spread filling over cake layer. Top with remaining cake layer, cut side down.
15. Spread glaze over cake.