Orange Cake

My mavshi (mother’s sister)made the best orange cake ever when we visited her over the summer holidays. This was a long time ago and she doesn’t remember the exact the recipe of the cake I liked. We tried a recipe from scratch to see if we could make the cake like I remember from my childhood. It did not taste exactly the same but turned out pretty good.

Ingredients:

2 cups self raising flour
1 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
zest of 3 oranges
Juice of 3 oranges
oil 50 ml
2 tbsp of almond meal
Milk only if required

Preparation time: 15 min
Cooking time: 30 mins

Pre-heat the oven at 180 Deg and sift the flour and sugar. Beat the eggs and add to the flour and sugar mixture. Add the zest and juice of oranges and oil to the mix and beat throughly. Add little milk if the orange juice is not enough to get the required consistency. Pour the mixture into a baking dish and sprinkle the almond meal over the top. Bake for 30 mins at 180 Deg.