Alana
This project isn’t baking per say, but it is very related to baking that I mentioned in my last wedding cake post (aka Theresa and I are baking and decorating a practice cake in a couple days). Roopa found a really lovely looking cake that was decorated with dehydrated oranges, and was reminded of our wedding cake project. Theresa and I loved the look of the oranges, and decided to give it a try.
When I was Googling around on how to approach this idea, I found mostly the same thing regardless of the fruit. You need a very low oven temperature and a very long bake time. According to SparkPeople, the best oven temperature to use is 130-160 degrees F. The baking time will depend on the fruit you are planning to dehydrate; in our case, oranges take around 8-10 hours.
The preparation only included heating the oven, washing and slicing the oranges, and rotating the oranges in the oven every couple hours. The rotating sounds like a pain, but I did this on a day I knew I would be home and set an alarm on my phone. Easy!
An amazing suggestion Theresa made was to do this with blood oranges. BLOOD ORANGES! The colours! No words!
Chateau Gateau 