Friday, August 26, 2011

Easy orange cake

A wonder ful and simple cake with simple ingredients always available at your home . 

For the cake :
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup milk
1/3 cup orange juice
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs , beaten
1 tsp orange zest grated
Preheat the oven to 175 deg celsius . Grease a 23-cm (9-in)round cake tin and line the bottom with wax paper.Combine the milk,orange juice , vegetable oil , beaten eggs and orange zest in a mesuring cup. sift the flour , salt and baking powder in a large mixing bowl . into this dry mix add the sugar and combine well . Make a well in the centre of the dry mix and pour the in the milk mixture . Combine well and mix without any lumps . Pour the batter into the greased tin and bake in a preheated oven for 35 mins until risen and golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean . Leave the cake to cool in the tin for about 5 minutes , then turn out to cool on a wire rack .
Serves 8 - 10 approx

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