Orange cake
1 hour
Flour, butter, eggs, sugar and fresh oranges - that's more or less it! You only need basic ingredients to make this Italian orange cake. Bake it in a ring mould or bundt cake tin so it looks lovely too!
JolandaM
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Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 4 eggs, divided
- 150g butter
- 400g caster sugar
- 4 oranges, zested and juiced
- 400g plain flour
- 15g baking powder
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:40min ›
Ready in:1hr
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease and flour a 25cm round cake tin.
- In a clean bowl, with clean beaters, whip the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
- In a different bowl, beat the butter and caster sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks, one at the time; beat well after each addition. Stir in the orange zest and juice. Sift in the flour and baking powder; stir well. Gently fold in whipped egg whites until well combined; pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes or unti a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Remove from oven, cool and serve.
