Orange Cake by Levonne Bell
Cakes and Tarts
Why this recipe is special:
This is a great cake idea for those wanting something different to that of the usual chocolate or banana cakes. It looks and tastes fantastic and never fails to impress your guests...
Serves: 10
Ingredients:
Orange Cake
120g butter
¾ cup caster sugar
2 eggs, separated
Grated zest of 2 oranges
1 ½ cups flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
½ fresh orange juice
Orange Glaze
¼ fresh orange juice
¼ cup caster sugar
Cream Cheese Frosting
125g cream cheese
¾ to 1 cup of icing sugar
1 Tbsp milk
3-4 drops of orange food colouring
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180°c and lightly grease cake tin.
2. Cream butter and gradually add the sugar, beating until light. Beat in egg yoke, one at a time, and the orange zest.
3. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add dry ingredients alternately with the orange juice to the batter.
4. Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold them into the batter.
5. Pour batter into the prepared cake tin and bake for 30-35 minutes or until the cake shrinks away from the edges of the tin and a cake tester inserted in the centre comes out clean.
6. Cool for 10 minutes in the tin, unmold onto a rack and drizzle with orange glaze while warm. Cool before serving. Ice with cream cheese frosting.
Glaze: Combine orange juice and sugar in a small saucepan and simmer gently for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until light syrup forms.
Frosting: Combine all ingredients and mix until smooth.
Note:
For a larger cake, double the recipe mix. Once cool, slice into 3 layers and spread frosting between layers in addition to top and sides of cake. Decorate with orange slices and mint leaves.
