Orange Butter Cake
Shiokman Recipes recipe - Western
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 250 g unsalted butter
- 170 g fine sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 250 g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Grated orange zest of 2 oranges
- 120 ml orange juice freshly squeezed
Instructions
- 1
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy in a mixing bowl
- 2
Add 1 large egg at a time and beat well.
- 3
Sieve self-raising flour, baking powder and salt together in a separate bowl
- 4
Add sieved flour mixture one spoon at a time into butter mixture and beat well
- 5
Add vanilla extract
- 6
Grate orange zest and add to the batter
- 7
Add freshly squeezed orange juice
- 8
Line an 8 inch square baking tin with parchment paper and lightly grease the sides..
- 9
Pour batter into the baking tin.
- 10
Knock the baking tin on a hard surface to remove trapped air in the batter.
- 11
Bake in preheated oven at 170C for about 40 mins till golden brown. Lower temp to 150 C for the last 20 mins. Watch cake closely for the last 20 mins to prevent over baking.
- 12
Cake is done when a skewer inserted into centre comes out clean
- 13
Let cake cool down for 10 mins before removing it from baking tin