Saturday 14 July 2018

Iced Orange Cake


We have a glut of oranges from the garden this year (2018) so I decided to have a go at an orange sponge cake.  Couldn't believe how easy this was!


Ingredients
3 oranges. Grate off the zest and juice the oranges

For the sponge cake
1&1/2 cups of self raising flour
3/4 cup of caster sugar
2 tablespoons of orange zest
125g of softened butter (approx 1 cup)
1/4 cup of orange juice
1/4 cup of milk
2 eggs

For the icing
1&1/2 cups of icing sugar
1 tablespoon of orange zest
2 tablespoons of orange juice
50g of softened butter (approx 1/3 cup)


Method
Heat oven to 180C fan forced (200C no fan)

Combine all the ingredients for the sponge cake and whisk until smooth (3 - 5 mins)
Turn into a lightly greased 20cm round cake tin (I used silicone for this one as its easier to remove after cooking). Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from tin and cool on a wire rack.

Combine all the ingredients for the icing and whisk until smooth (1 - 2 minutes). When the cake is fully cooled, spread the icing evenly on to the top of the cake.