Orange Tea Cake

Ingredients:

• Ingredients - cake
• 1 large orange (zest and juice)
• 2 eggs
• 125 gm softened unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup castor sugar
• 225 grms self raising flour
• Ingredients - icing
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon melted butter
• 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice (from an extra orange)
• 1 tablespoon orange flavoured liquor
• 1 tablespoon chopped candied/sugared orange peel.

Method:

• Pre heat oven to 190º, butter and line a 20cm ring tin. I only have a square 20cm.
• Combine all cake ingredients in a food processor and blend for two minutes until smooth and creamy.
• Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 30-35 minutes.
• Leave in tin for five minutes before turning onto a wire rack.
• Cool before icing.
• Method - icing
• Beat all ingredients until smooth (NOT the peel).
• Stir in the peel.
• Warm icing over hot water until it thins and pour over the cake.
• Big shout out to Jules of the Colbo Pub. ‘Thanks for the oranges. Best tasting oranges!’
• Bon appetit.
• Pauline