Moist Orange Cake Recipe

by Cake and Cookie recipes on August 6th, 2012 · without comments

Slice of Moist Orange Cake

This cake is soaked through in a sweet orange and cinnamon syrup. The recipe uses semolina and ground almonds instead of wheat flour, which results in a cake that is deliciously moist without being soggy.

Ingredients

For the cake

110 g (4 oz) sugar 110 g (4 oz) butter or baking margarine Zest of 1 orange 2 eggs, beaten 170 g (6 oz) semolina 85 g (3 oz) ground almonds 2 tsp baking powder 3 tbsp orange juice

For the syrup

140 g (5 oz) sugar 4 tbsp water 3 tsp lemon juice 3 tbsp orange juice 2 tsp ground cinnamon

For the topping

150 ml (1/4 pt) double or whipping cream (whipped) or thick Greek yogurt

Moist Orange Cake Recipe

To make the cake

Pre-heat the oven to 200°C (400°F or Gas mark 6 or 180°C for a fan oven).

Grease and line a 20 cm (8 inch) cake tin.

Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. (I use an electric hand whisk for this part).

Beat in the beaten eggs a little at a time. Adding them bit by bit helps to prevent the mixture from curdling. (Though it's not a disaster if the mixture does curdle). Stir in the orange zest and orange juice as well.

Weigh the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix together. Then fold into the rest of the mixture. (Stir in a figure of 8 pattern).

Empty the mixture into the tin and spread evenly to the sides. Cook in the center of the oven for 10 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 180°C (350°F or Gas mark 4 or 160°C for a fan oven). Cook for a further 30 minutes at the lower temperature.

Cool the cake in the tin for 10 minutes on a wire rack. Then turn out, remove the lining, and cool on the wire rack.

To make the orange syrup

When the cake has cooled, mix the sugar, water, and cinnamon in a saucepan. Bring to the boil then simmer for 5 minutes. Keep stirring to prevent the mixture from sticking to the saucepan too much.

Take the pan off the heat. Add the lemon and orange juice, stirring well. Transfer the cake to a large plate, then pour the syrup over the cake. It will seem like there is far too much syrup, but don't worry.

Cover the cake and leave overnight for it to absorb the syrup.

Before serving, cover the cake with whipped cream or thick Greek yogurt.