Orange Cake

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Ingredients

  • CAKE:
  • Sugar: 1 cup
  • Butter: 1 cup
  • All-purpose Flour: 2 cups
  • Baking Powder: 4 tsp
  • Orange Juice: juice 1 cup, preferably freshly squeezed
  • Orange Zest: from 3 small
  • Eggs: 4
  • SAUCE:
  • Orange Juice: 1/2 cup
  • Sugar: 2/3 cup

Preparation

Step 1


1. Preheat oven to 350 F.

2. Cream butter and sugar in a mixer.

3. Add eggs one at a time and mix.

4. Slowly add sifted backing powder and flour.

5. Blend in orange juice and zest.

6. Pour the mixture into a Pyrex dish and bake for 40 min or till golden.

7. Let it cool down. Meanwhile prepare the sauce by boiling sauce ingredients for 5 min.

8. Let the sauce cool down and then pour over the cake.

9. Cover and keep it refrigerated.
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REVIEWS:

I really enjoyed this, I made it myself and surprised everyone, because I don't bake or cook! I am making it again for my birthday!

Fantastic cake and so cheap to make. Very light, but yet substantial. I added a generous shake of cinnamon for spice. Next time I'm going to put in a hand full of dried cranberries.

I really enjoy this cake; I bake it every other Sunday. Thanks a lot!

This is a really good cake! so tasty, very light. Right amount of orange flavour and moist. My family loved it! EXCELLENT RECIPE! Thank you for sharing it!!

This was really good! I had to substitute a LOT, because I had barely ANY ingredients in my house, but it still turned out wonderful. I substituted the butter with 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce and 1 tablespoon olive oil. This makes it lower fat, and moist. I also added a cup of frozen whole cranberries to the batter (I had no orange zest) and a small handful to the glaze. I added about a teaspoon of cinnamon to the batter as well. Baked for 35 minutes in a 10x14-inch Pyrex. Tastes GREAT!

Excellent recipe. Cake was very different, delicious. Mine was a bit crumbly without the sauce - did I make a mistake here?

For how long shall I let the cake cool down before adding the orange sauce?Thank you.
REPLY: Both the cake and the sauce should be at the room temperature. I think 15 min should be enough.