Orange Cake

ORANGE CAKE 

Ingredients

For the Orange cake

All purpose flour- 2cups
Sugar-11/4 cups
Baking powder- 3/4 tbsp
Vegetable oil-1/2 cup
Eggs- 2 nos
Orange juice- 3/4 cup
Grated Orange rind- 1or 2 tsp
Milk -1/4 cup(optional)
Vanilla essence- 1 tsp
Salt

For the orange sauce


Orange juice- 1/2 cup
Butter- 1 tbsp
Sugar- 3 tbsp

Method

Mix together flour, 1 cup sugar , baking powder and a pinch of salt.
Make a well in the center ,add oil,egg yolks,orange juice,milk,vanilla essence and grated orange rind , mix well for 5 minutes or until combined.
In a large mixing bowl beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until they hold soft peaks.
Add the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar and beat until they hold stiff peaks.
Pour the egg whites over the flour mixture in 3 batches ,folding well after each addition.
Pour into a greased cake pan.
Bake at 180 deg C for 30 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
Allow to cool completely before removing the cake from the pan


Note :You can also bake this cake in a microwave oven i.e for 8 to 10 minutes on high.(Make the batter thin by adding extra 1/4 cup milk to the flour mixture before adding the egg whites to it)

To prepare the sauce

Melt butter in a pan ,add sugar and orange juice,bring to a boil.
Simmer until the sauce thickens.
Drizzle sauce over the cake and serve.