Moist Orange Cake

Orange pound cake

Posted by Super Madcow

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This is quite like a Madeira cake.

You can use lemon instead of orange to flavour the cake.

This tastes good either hot as a desert or cold as a snack/ treat.

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You Will Need (21 things)

  • 175 g Butter Softened
  • 3/4 cup Milk
  • 200 g Sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1/2 Orange Zest
  • 1/2 Orange Juice
  • 225 g Plain Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt

  • Syrup

  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Water
  • 1/2 Orange Zest
  • 1/2 Orange Juice

  • Topping

  • Icing Sugar

  • Sauce

  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Water
  • 3/4 cup Orange Juice
  • 1/2 tbsp Corn Flour

Steps (15 steps, 150 minutes)

  1. 1

    Heat oven 160/300/ gas 3.

    Cream butter & sugar until pale.

  2. 2

    Add eggs one at a time.

    Beat well between each addition.

  3. 3

    Add half the flour, baking powder & salt.

  4. 4

    Mix in the half the milk.

  5. 5

    Add the remaining flour mixture.

    Stir to combine.

  6. 6

    Add remaining milk.

    Stir to combine.

  7. 7

    Add orange zest & juice.

    Combine.

  8. 8

    Cook for 1 hr 20 mins.

    Until cooked through.

  9. 9

    Remove the cake from oven. Leave it to cool in the tin

    Make the syrup...

    Place all syrup ingredients in a bowl & microwave for 1-2 mins until sugar has dissolved.

  10. 10

    Poke holes in the cake using a skewer.

    Pour the syrup over the cake & let soak in.

  11. 11

    when the cake is cold, make up the icing with a little water.

    Drizzle over the cake.

  12. 12

    Make up the sauce...

    Mix the corn flour & orange juice together in a cup.

  13. 13

    Place the water & sugar in a pan.

    Heat gently until all the sugar has dissolved.

  14. 14

    Add the orange juice & corn flour.

    Stir until thickened.

  15. 15

    Serve the cake with some hot or cold sauce.