Big Cakes: Orange Drizzle Cake

Name: Big Cakes: Orange Drizzle Cake
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 250 g self-raising flour, sifted; 200 g icing sugar; 250 g golden caster sugar; grated zest of 2 large oranges, plus 75 ml orange juice; a few drops of orange flower water; juice of ½ orange; 250 g unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the tin

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Bake and Decorate

By Fiona Cairns

Published 2011

About

This is a very versatile recipe; try it with lemon zest and juice, too. It makes a firmer cake than the Very Lemony Crunch Cake, so is an excellent base for decorating.

Ingredients

For the Cake

250 g unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the tin
250 g golden caster sugar

Cake
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C/fan 160°C/340°F/gas mark 3½.

Butter a 20cm diameter, 7.5cm deep, round tin, then line the base with baking parchment.

Cream the butter, sugar and zest until very pale, light and fluffy (it will take at least 5 minutes in an elect