Thursday 30 April 2015

Orange bundt cake




Orange bundt cake
Ingredients
2& 3/4 cups of cake flour ...
200 grams of soft butter
1cup of sugar
3 eggs at room temperature
2 teaspoons of vanilla essence

2 teaspoons of baking powder
The zest of 3 oranges and the juice of 2 oranges .
1 drop of orange essence .
1/2 a cup of milk
Method
Beat your butter and sugar for 2 minutes , add your vanilla and one egg at a time and mix further for 3 minutes . Add the rest of the ingredients and mix just until well combined . Spoon into a greased loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes in a preheated oven at 180 degc ..or until golden brown and when you stick in a tooth pick it comes out clean . Remove from oven and allow to cool before removing from pan . Drizzle over some lemon icing .
For the orange icing . Add a tablespoon of fresh orange juice and a drop of orange essence to a cup of sifted icing sugar and stir ..if you want it more runny add more orange juice ..if you want it thick add less lemon juice .
This recipe you can use for round cakes , bundt cakes and cupcakes and muffins .