Orange Cake

Name: Orange Cake
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1.5 Cups Flour; 1 tsp Baking powder; 1/2 Tsp Salt; Pinch salt (For whipping the egg whites); 1/2 Cup Oil/ Butter; 3/4 Cup Sugar (Preferrably Castor - granulated will also work, can be grinded); 2 Large Eggs or 3 if Small; 1/3 Cup Freshly squeezed Orange Juice; 1 Tbsp Orange zest (Be gentle to get the zest not the pith - white part); 1 tsp vanilla essence; Orange Glaze:; 1 Cup Icing sugar; 1/4 tsp Orange zest (Optional); 4-5 Tbsp Freshly squeezed orange juice

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

A light and fluffy cake - Utterly delicious with a lovely orangey fragrance!!

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

A light and fluffy cake - Utterly delicious with a lovely orangey fragrance!!

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Ingredients

1.5 CupsFlour
1 tspBaking powder
1/2 TspSalt
Pinchsalt (For whipping the egg whites)
1/2 CupOil/ Butter
3/4 CupSugar (Preferrably Castor - granulated will also work, can be grinded)
2Large Eggs or 3 if Small
1/3 CupFreshly squeezed Orange Juice
1 TbspOrange zest (Be gentle to get the zest not the pith - white part)
1 tspvanilla essence
Orange Glaze:
1 CupIcing sugar
1/4 tspOrange zest (Optional)
4-5 TbspFreshly squeezed orange juice

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Steps

1

Separate yolks from whites. Set aside in separate bowls.
2

Sift flour with salt and baking powder. Set aside.
3

Preheat oven to 170C and grease your tin.
4

Cream butter with sugar. add yolks one a time while beating each time.
5

Add orange juice and zest and beat. Then add flour. Set aside.
6

Clean/Wash your whisk and dry well. Then in a separate bowl, whisk egg whites till frothy, then add a pinch of salt and keep beating till it forms stiff peaks.
7

Now add, 1/3 of the whites to batter and stir in in with a spatula or wooden spoon. Then add half of the balance whites fold it in, then the remaining whites and mix it all till incorporated. Dont overmix.
8

Pour batter into baking tin and bake for 25- 30 mins. Cool completely.
9

Glaze: Sieve icing sugar, add your zest and juice till reaches a drizzling consistency. Then drizzle over cooled cake. Enjoy!!!