Jan Karon Cooking I

For Mother's Day I gave my mom a copy of Jan Karon's Kitchen Reader that accompanies the Mitford Series. I've never read the books, but Momma is a huge fan of Father Tim and his parishioners. So this summer we're cooking our way through some of the yummy recipes. Yesterday our first attempt was the Orange Marmalade cake. I have to admit I had my doubts - I'm not a huge fan of any cake and putting orange marmalade on a cake didn't sound appetizing - but I was happy to be proved wrong! It was wonderful! Even more enjoyable than the cake was the time we were able to spend together. We followed the recipe without any deviation and the end result was a light fluffy cake with the perfect sour cream icing (not too sweet/not too sour). It's a really pretty cake although I could use a tutorial in icing. Come have a piece!