Moist Orange Cake

Moist Orange Cake ... A delicious, moist and refreshing cake; bursting with orange flavor and drizzled with orange syrup. The cake itself is good enough without the syrup but great with the the syrup.

This recipe comes from a dear friend Magali who is a passionate baker from Mexico. Do check out her blog, I"m sure you will love her tasty creations. Thank you Magali for sharing this wonderful recipe :)

Moist Orange Cake

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Adapted from : Magali March

Serves : 6 - 8

Ingredients :

For Cake :

• 1 1/4 cups plain flour
• 2 tsp.  baking powder
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup castor sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tsp.  vanilla essence
• 1/3 cup fresh orange juice 

For Syrup :

• 1/4 cup castor sugar
• 1/3 cup fresh orange juice

Method :

For Cake :

• Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease & line a 7 inch round cake pan.
• Sift flour & baking powder in a bowl, keep aside.
• In a separate large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add in eggs, one at a time, and beat well. Beat in vanilla.
• Add sifted flour alternately with orange juice, mixing until well blended. 
• Pour the batter into prepared cake pan. Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Remove from the oven & transfer to a serving plate. Peel off paper, let cool. 
• While the cake is cooling, prepare syrup.

For Orange Syrup : 

• Combine sugar and orange juice in small saucepan.
• Bring to a boil and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until sugar dissolves.
• Prick top of cake with a fork, pour the syrup over warm cake.
• Set aside for 30 minutes, so the syrup is absorbed into the cake. 
• Cut the cake into wedges and serve.

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