Recipes

Market Day

Orange Cake

Ingredients 1 large orange, pips removed 150 g (250 ml) seedless raisins 120 g butter 200 g (250 ml) Huletts White Sugar 3 eggs 280 g (500 ml) cake flour 5 ml baking powder 2 ml salt 5 ml bicarbonate of soda 125 ml warm milk 100 g pecan nuts, chopped SYRUP: 100 g (125 ml) Huletts White Sugar 125 ml orange juice

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180ºC.
2. Chop the orange and the seedless raisins in a food processor or very fine with a knife.
3. Cream the butter and sugar and add the eggs one at a time.
4. Add the chopped orange and raisin mixture to the butter mixture.
5. Add the sifted flour, baking powder and salt.
6. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the warm milk, and add to the flour mixture.
7. Add the chopped nuts and mix well.
8. Spoon into a greased 24 cm ring pan and bake for 60 minutes or until done.
9. Remove from oven.
10. Leave to cool in pan for 5 minutes and turn out onto a wire rack.

Syrup: Boil orange juice and sugar together for 5 minutes. Spoon syrup over cake.