Orange cake

Name: Orange cake
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 cups flour - sifted; 2 cups sugar; 1 cup vegetable oil; 4 eggs; 1 large orange, cut into medium-sized pieces; 3 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp salt; 2 tbsp orange zest; 1 cup orange juice; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tsp cornstarch

Tripolitan Cuisine @cook_16360859

Tripoli

Orange cake

Tripolitan Cuisine @cook_16360859

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Ingredients

3 cupsflour - sifted
2 cupssugar
1 cupvegetable oil
4eggs
1large orange, cut into medium-sized pieces
3 tspbaking powder
1/4 tspsalt
2 tbsporange zest
Orange Icing - cake sauce:
1 cuporange juice
1 tspsugar
1 tspcornstarch

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Steps

1

Using a stand mixer add the orange pieces, sugar, eggs and oil then mix the ingredients until well combined
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Next start by adding the flour, baking powder and salt, then mix well until the mixture is well combined and smooth.
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Now Pour the mixture into a pre greased cake pan with butter and flour, then set aside
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Meanwhile preheat the oven to 180° C or 350° F and bake the cake on the middle rack for 45 minutes.
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When the cake is ready, flip out of the cake pan and on to a cooling rack for 1 hour before adding the icing on top
6

Meanwhile to make the icing add orange juice, sugar and starch in a suitable saucepan over a medium heat and stir the ingredients until it boils and thickens and it will be ready to use.
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Finally when the cake is cooled Pour the orange icing sauce over the top of the cake & garnish with orange zest.