Orange Cake

This is the cake that I bake most often. It is wonderfully light and spongy and the orange flavour is really refreshing.

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

4eggs

3/4cup oil

1/4cup orange juice

1tsp lemon juice

1/2tsp orange essence (you could add a few drops more according to your taste)

a little orange colour

1 1/2cups all purpose flour

1tsp baking powder

Candied orange peel (this tastes great in the cake, but I could not find it this time)

Chopped mixed nuts for topping

Method:

Grease and line a 9"x5" loaf tin.

Preheat the oven to 350F/ 180C.

Sieve the flour and baking powder together and keep aside.

Beat the eggs and sugar together in a for 5mins on high.

Add the oil, orange and lemon juice, essence and colour and beat for about 2mins till well combined.

Add the flour mixture and beat on low speed just until combined.

Pour into the prepared pan and top with the chopped nuts and candied peel.

Bake for 25mins or till done. Unmould and cool on a wire rack.

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Sending this to ' FIC-Orange ' event hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen, initally started by Harini of Tongue Ticklers.