Orange or Lemon Cake
Ingredients
2 tbsp milk
150g sugar
200g self raising flour
150 g butter
2 eggs
1 tsp orange (or lemon) essence
Zest & juice of 1 orange (or lemon)
3 tablespoon icing sugar
Preheat oven at 180c for a couple of minutes.
Firstly beat the melted butter & sugar together until it turns creamy. Add eggs, and beat again then add the flour, milk, orange (or lemon) essence & zest.
Pour the mixture into a greased loaf tin and place on low rack & cook for 30-40 minutes, until firm & cooked. Now place on a cooling rack.
**Mix the orange (or lemon) juice & icing sugar tog. Pour over the cooled cake.
** If your using lemon, you will need a more sugar, to over come the lemons sourness.
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what temperature please
sorry 180 ifsaf
can you tell me how to beat the butter and sugar together,do we melt butter?
Use a fork or whisk. Yes melt the butter
I have only just bought a halogen oven and i thought i would try the orange/lemon cake. I put it in a 1lb loaf tin ,the top was all burnt the cake was lovely when i sliced the burnt top off. can anyone tell me what i did wrong. Pat
Have made the orange cake,hard on top,custard-like under side,what went wrong? ended up turning it over to cook underside turned out really nice,presentation a bit to be desired!
when the cake is golden on top but still not cooked inside then cover the cake with foil it stops the cake burnin on top while the rest of the cake finishes cookin
I have just got my halogen oven and decided to make this lemon cake. I tweaked the recipe a little. I used large eggs so reduced the milk to 1 tablespoon. I also pre heated the oven first then cooked the cake in a lined 1lb. loaf tin on 180ºC, fan on low, for 47 minutes. Turned out perfect.
raw mixture tasted gorgeous after 2 hours of cooking had a lovely golden crust (covered it with greaseproof while cooking) but in side the mixture was still as raw as when it started very disappointed, have cooked roast veg, pastry and meat with success but my cakes are not too good did cupcakes a few days ago again not cooked thru. Any advice gratefully reeived