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Meganjane's Orange Cake
« on: October 03, 2011, 12:22:14 pm »
Delicious and easy!

Orange Cake

130g softened butter or butter blend such as Dairy Soft
120g castor sugar
2 eggs
160g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bi-carb
Rind and juice of half an orange (use remainder for icing)

Beat butter and sugar for 2 minutes, speed 4.
Add 1 egg and beat again for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
Add dry ingredients and remaining egg and beat for 30 - 40 seconds, scraping down in between.
Add rind and blend for 10 seconds, speed 2.

Bake in an orange tin for 30 - 35 minutes at 180C

Ice with 1 1/2 cups icing sugar, remaining juice and rind, 2 tsp butter.
« Last Edit: October 28, 2011, 04:49:34 am by meganjane »
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Re: Meganjane's Orange Cake
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2011, 12:24:16 pm »
Bake in an orange tin  ??? please explain ;D
i don't need a recipe i'm italian

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Re: Meganjane's Orange Cake
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2011, 12:43:36 pm »
Sorry fundj, an orange tin is a cake tin specifically designed for orange cakes!! I used to make cakes for our local show and that's what was required for orange cakes...

I use my small loaf tin - 23 cm long x 10cm wide x 9cm deep. Any loaf tin as long as it's not too big. It's not a huge cake, as you can imagine, with only 1 cup of flour.
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Re: Meganjane's Orange Cake
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2011, 12:58:09 pm »
how would i google that  ???  orange cake  tin
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Re: Meganjane's Orange Cake
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2011, 01:03:35 pm »
is this similar MJ?
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Re: Meganjane's Orange Cake
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2011, 01:35:39 pm »
I notice that Meganjane has a photo of the cake in the tin on her blog:
http://bushgourmand.blogspot.com/2011/09/orange-or-lemon-cake.html
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Re: Meganjane's Orange Cake
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2011, 01:57:30 pm »
Thanks lellyj. Yes, and I've modified that original recipe to the one posted on this thread.
Kathryn, yes, that's pretty much the sort of tin I mean. It's basically a loaf tin.
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Re: Meganjane's Orange Cake
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2011, 10:20:37 pm »
Its in the oven now.
MJ  the juice is only for the icing is that correct?
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Re: Meganjane's Orange Cake
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2011, 10:24:05 pm »
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.......................... i just hade a look at your bolg  :'(
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Re: Meganjane's Orange Cake
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2011, 11:26:31 pm »
This cake is awesome..................really is.
For the flour i used
80g of brown rice flour
40g of almond meal
20g potato starch
20g tapioca starch  
Plus i added ½ teaspoon of poppy seeds
Will make again tomorrow with the juice  ;D


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Re: Meganjane's Orange Cake
« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2011, 08:33:20 am »
 ;D Half the juice goes in the cake!

So glad it worked with the different flours fundj!
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Re: Meganjane's Orange Cake
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2011, 10:19:50 am »
MJ it does say it in your bolg ,but not on here,  :(
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Re: Meganjane's Orange Cake
« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2011, 04:50:27 am »
I just checked fundj and the recipe here says 'the juice of half an orange'. I had the word 'and' instead of 'an' which may have confused you! I've changed that bit now. :P
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