What are the pips and skin of an orange? When the orange is soft and cold, cut in half and remove any pips. Process the whole orange, including the skin, until medium chunky


From: http://www.maryberry.co.uk/recipes/baking/whole-orange-spice-cake

Is skin the outer thick orange coloured cover?
or the fibrous threads that orange pieces have?
or the thin skin that holds the juice and seeds?

What are pips and skin of an orange?
The skin is the outer thick orange-coloured cover; obviously as you're not told to remove it this would include the pith (the white fibrous material) as well. The pips are the seeds inside the fruit:


  pip
  
  noun
  
  plural noun: pips
  
  1.
  a small hard seed in a fruit.
  
  synonyms:  seed, stone, pit