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unsalted butter eggs caster sugar flour baking powder orange sugar freshly squeezed orange juice candied orange
Viewed: 22 - Published at: 7 years agoIngredients
- 150 g unsalted butter, melted
- 3 large eggs
- 200 g caster sugar
- 115 g all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 grated orange, zest of
- 100 g confectioners' sugar or 100 g icing sugar
- 2 -3 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
- candied orange peel (many recipes on Zaar)
Method
- Whisk eggs and sugar into a thick, pale foam.
- Add grated orange zest, slightly cooled melted butter, and baking powder mixed with flour.
- Pour the batter into a 24-26 cm buttered springform.
- Bake in a preheated 180 C oven until the cake is done (test by inserting a wooden toothpick in the middle of the cake - it should come out dry).
- Cool, transfer onto a serving tray.
- Mix icing sugar and orange juice into a glaze and spoon over the centre of the cake, leaving about an inch from the edges clear.
- Garnish with candied orange peel.
