Orange Drizzle Cake
8 standard portions
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Ingredients
- 225 g Butter
- 225 g Caster sugar
- 4 Eggs
- 225 g Self-raising flour
- 1 Orange ((juice and zest only))
- 90 g Icing sugar
Method
- Preheat your oven to 200ยฐC/180ยฐC(fan)/400ยฐF/Gas 6.
- Put 225 g Butter and 225 g Caster sugar into a large bowl and beat together until fluffy.
- Add 4 Eggs and whisk well.
- Add 225 g Self-raising flour and zest of 1 Orange and gently fold everything together until smooth. Don't over mix at this point.
- Pour into a loaf tin lined with baking paper. Put in the oven for 50-55 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean.
- Mix together 90 g Icing sugar and juice from 1 Orange. Using a fork or knife, make holes in the loaf and then pour the orange icing all over it.
- Leave to cool and then slice.