Easy Orange (or Lemon) Cake

Michelle Murphy

2 to 4 tsp orange zest (depending on taste)

240g SR Flour

100g sugar

130g orange juice (if making a lemon cake then use milk instead of orange juice)

2 eggs

100g butter, soft

1 tsp vanilla paste or extract

note: Orange Icing *

200g icing sugar

1 tsp orange zest

20g butter, soft

2 tblsp orange juice

1. Preheat oven to 160°C and grease and flour a round cake tin

2. Peel an orange with a vegetable peeler and zest by placing peel into your jug and blitzing for 10 to 15 sec/speed 7. You may need to scape the sides down and repeat. Last time I did this I had too much so I tipped out my zest and used 2 tsp. You can freeze any left over zest.

3. Place all ingredients into your mixing jug and mix for 10 secs/speed 4 - scrape down sides and mix again for another 10 secs/speed 4.

4. Bake for approx ½ hour or until a skewer comes out clean

5. When the cake has cooled ice with orange icing (recipe link above)

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