Easy Magical Orange Cake

This cake is super easy – made all in the food processor in under 5 minutes! Basically chuck it all in – blend and bake! Guess that is what makes it magical – a yummy moist cake with a gorgeous citrus flavour.

Ingredients

1 whole orange – washed & pulped, skin and all! (I remove the green stalk bit)
125g melted butter
1 Cup sugar
2 medium eggs
1 1/2 cups self raising flour

Method:

I quarter and pulp the orange first in the food processor, then pop in the butter, sugar, eggs & self raising flour and mix until just combined.

Pour into a lined or greased cake tin and bake for approx. 30-40 minutes at 180C (355F), testing with a skewer and once skewer comes out clean you are done, or cake bounces back at the touch!

I often make this as a base for my cupcakes, it is a lovely sweet treat with an easy vanilla icing, or you could easily make it as a loaf with an orange syrup glaze.

This cake is a little overcooked – don’t do that, be better than me and don’t get distracted! 😉

Easy Vanilla Icing

1 1/2 cups icing sugar
1/2 to 1 tsp vanilla essense
1 tsp melted butter

Add tiny amounts of water until you get the desired consistency – just add more icing sugar if you add to much water, spread on the cake or cupcakes once cooled.

I  have used my Buttercream Icing recipe for the photos on this page – recipe here https://justamumnz.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/buttercream-icing-recipe-step-by-step/

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Enjoy 😀