Orange Cake

Orange Cake

: Ingredients
:For the cake
1cup butter, room temperature
2cups powdered sugar
4eggs
1/3cup fresh orange juice
1+1/3cup all-purpose flour
1/2Tablespoon baking powder
1/2Tablespoon orange zest

:For the orange syrup
1cup fresh orange juice
2cups sugar
1cinnamon stick
2whole cloves

:Method
(Preheat oven to 180˚C (350˚F-
- Grease rectangular cake pan with butter, dust with some flour, and shake off excess-
- Cream butter with sugar in bowl of electric mixer on medium speed-
-Gradually add eggs (one after another) to the butter mixture, continue beating, and add orange juice-
- Mix flour, baking powder and orange zest, gradually add this mixture to the previous one-
- Fold mixture using a wooden spoon till well combined-
-Pour batter into prepared pan-
- Bake for 45 minutes, or until done-
:Meanwhile, prepare Sugar Syrup-
-Dissolve sugar in orange juice in a saucepan over medium heat-
-Add cinnamon and cloves-
-Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, or until thickened-
-Make holes in the cake using toothpick; pour syrup over warm cake in pan-
-Garnish cake with orange or mandarin segments and serve-