Crushinnnnnn'

I'm not sure if you're familiar with a beverage called the Orange Crush, but if you're not, you should be. It's this amaaaazing concoction of fresh squeezed OJ, orange vodka, triple sec, and a splash of sprite served over crushed ice. I'll be the first to tell you that I've lost many a Sunday afternoon to these heavenly cocktails. I mean, it's pretty much the nectar of the gods. But I digress...

So I'd recently made a gallon size batch for some birthday festivities using about 25 lovely navel oranges. After juicing them to death I had a pretty massive mound of pulp leftover that I couldn't bear to throw out. I did some intense Googling for recipes that included pulp, turned up nothing, and decided to do a little experimenting. I found a pretty decent carrot cake recipe from Martha Stewart (love her) and replaced the recommended grated carrot with the OJ pulp (duhhh). I sorted through the nasty bits, picking out random seeds and hard pieces (this actually didn't take long) and then popped it all in the food processor for a few seconds to break up all the fibrous parts. 

Uhhh, can I say, worked like a dream. Super moist and delicious and really not too orange-y at all. I whipped up a quick cream cheese frosting with a little orange zest to top them off and even made some little sugar blossoms to seal the deal (because apparently I have too much time on my hands). I was very pleased with the end product and highly recommend making good use of any leftover orange innards you may have lying around. You never know...