Sicilian Orange Cake

Friday
4.05pm
Jan 18,2013

I've been wanting to bake this cake for so long. Well, today is the day that I get to bake it coz I bought this oranges last few days but nobody want it. Rather than wasting it I better do something with those poor oranges......

It's quite simple actually, I think anybody can bake it successfully . The smell of it really make you want to eat it one after another slice. Hehehehe angkat bakul sendiri nampak...... But it's true, got the recipe from Rima who love to share her recipe with us. The original recipe is from Rick Stein Mediterranean Escapes book.

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Sicilian orange cake

Serves about 8

250g lightly salted butter, at room temperature, plus extra for greasing

250g caster sugar

4 medium eggs

1½ teaspoons finely grated orange zest

250g self-raising flour ( can use all purpose flour and add 1 tsp of baking powder)

85ml freshly squeezed orange juice

For the icing:

125g icing sugar

5 teaspoons freshly squeezed orange juice

Preheat the oven to 170C/gas mark 3. Grease and line a 22cm clip-sided round cake tin with non-stick baking paper.

Using an electric whisk, cream the butter and sugar together for 4-5 minutes until very pale. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each one, if necessary adding a spoonful of flour with the last egg to prevent the mixture from curdling. Beat in the orange zest. Add the flour all at once and mix in well, then slowly mix in the orange juice. Spoon the mixture into the tin and bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 45-50 minutes or until a skewer, inserted into the centre of the cake, comes out clean. If it starts to brown too quickly, cover loosely with a sheet of lightly buttered foil.

Leave the cake, in its tin, to cool on a wire rack, then carefully remove the sides and base of the tin and peel off the paper. Put it onto a serving plate.

Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and stir in the orange juice until you have a spreadable consistency. Spread it over the top of the cake, letting it drip down the sides, and leave to set. Serve cut into slices.

Below is the photo I put on picture collage for my cake...... Still a newbie!!!!