Name: Fresh Orange Cake
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: finely grated rind of 1 large orange; 100 g/4 oz icing sugar; 100 g/4 oz castor sugar; juice of 1 large orange; 100 g/4 oz butter; 1–2 tablespoons milk to mix; pinch salt; 2 large eggs; 175 g/6 oz self-raising flour

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Times Calendar Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1977

About

A hot orange syrup spooned over the newly baked cake gives this recipe extra flavour and makes it deliciously moist. Serve it plain for tea, but for a party dessert cover the cake with whipped cream and decorate with segments of fresh orange.

Ingredients

175 g/6 oz self-raising flour
pinch salt

Method

Sift the flour and salt on to a square of greaseproof paper and set aside. Cream the butter, sugar and finely grated orange rind until soft and light. Lightly mix the eggs and beat into the mixture a little at a time, adding a little of the flour along with the last few additions. Using a metal spoon, fold in the remaining flour and a little milk to make a soft dropping consistency.

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