MOIST ORANGE CAKE

MOIST ORANGE CAKE


Ingredients:
  • Flour 2 cups
  • Caster Sugar ¾ cups
  • Almonds (Ground) ½ cup
  • Baking Powder 2 tsp
  • Baking Soda ¼ tsp
  • Buttermilk ¾ cup
  • Orange Juice ¾ cup
  • Eggs 2
  • Butter 6 oz.
  • Orange Zest 1 tbsp
  • Orange Essence 1 tsp
Ingredients for Soaking Syrup:
  • Orange juice 1 cup
  • Water ¼ cup
  • Orange Zest 1 tsp
  • Caster Sugar 6 oz.
Method:
  • Beat butter with sugar until creamy.Add eggs one at a time. Beat in zest essence and start adding in sieved flour with baking powder and soda. Alternate this with buttermilk and orange juice. Pour batter in an 8 inch greased pan and bake for 30 minutes at 180 C. Remove from the oven, and soak the cake with prepared syrup while cake is still hot.
Method for Syrup:
  • Heat all the ingredients for the syrup in a saucepan until the sugar melts.Prick the cake with a wooden skewer. Pour the syrup on hot cake. Chill and serve.

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