Orance liqueur

[warpig3]

I am making a cake which requires an infusion of ornage liqueur at the end. What is an orange liqueur, I am thinking Cointeau (sp) or am I wrong? Also, I don't want to buy a whole bottle just for the cake so can anyone recommend a supermarket that sells the little tiny bottles (like the ones you get on an aeroplane).

Ta muchly
warpig

[Enoch]

Cointreau or Grand Mariner are good orange Liqueurs

[indianwells]

Cointreau is the most commonly used orange liqueur. I find over in the States most liqour stores like ABC sell all sorts of miniatures, over here (UK) I often see miniatures in independant off-licences but I don't recall seeing them in supermarkets.
If the worst comes to the worst why not buy a bottle and drink the rest? Lovely stuff!!!!!

[wa33letops]

most off licenses sell mintures they only cost a few pound.

[hippyhoppy]

A friend of mine once made a pudding that required a small amount of liqueur and she didn't want to buy a huge bottle, so she went to her local pub armed with an empty bottle and bought a couple of shots from behind the bar! Genius!

[redcrx]

i hope youre not drinking warpig lol :)

[legend760]

you could use triple sec.
very like cointreau but a quarter the price.
if u was hereid give you a bottle
probs about 4 quid for a litre lol

[warpig3]

thank you all.

Hippyhoppy, thats a great idea, saves having to buy a bottle. There aren't any independent off licences in our town (and I use 'town' loosely) so the little bottles are unheard off.

Redcrx, no I'm not drinking but I am eating 2 lb of liqueur filled chocolates a day though.

Leggy, if I was there, believe me, baking a cake would be the last thing on my mind!

[redcrx]

aha thats fine then :)

[BBWCHATT]

War - if it is just an orange flavored liquid you need you could always make a simple syrup with orange zest/peel to it.

Equal parts sugar and water heated together - along with the orange if you want that flavor.

I hope you are well War - I have been thinking about you.


BBWCHATT
The old lady in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

[pastafreak]

You could add some vodka to BBW's syrup...flavorless but gives the kick. If you get the cointreau-I'll have what's left over-hic!!!

[warpig3]

Well I made it and it turned out rather well, I as quite surprised! But I think you are right BBW and orange syrup is what was called for and the dash of vodka sounds fine too pastafreak.

I did as hippyhoppy suggested and went to the local bar and bought two measures of contreau (felt like a real wally but what the heck!)

BBW, all is going very well for me, absolutely no problems at all, the bump is coming along nicely - am cooking it in a slow cooker at 36degrees for about 9 months! Wont be too long now but sometimes I have to remind myself that I am pregnant or someone else reminds me with a good ole jab in the ribs, lol.

warpig xx