Orange Butter Cake
Ingredients
- 175g butter
- 170g castor sugar
- 1tsp vanilla essence
- 3 large eggs
- 1tsp grated orange rind
- 1tsp grated lemon rind
- 210g self-raising floursifted
Combine:
- 1tbsp fresh orange juice
- 1tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 170ºC. Cream butter, sugar and essence until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add orange and lemon rind. Fold in sifted flour and alternate adding in flour and the fruit juices, and mix well.
- Turn out mixture into the prepared tin. Smooth the top of the mixture with a spatula.
- Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Leave cake in the tin for four to five minutes before turning out to cool on a wire rack.
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