When the temperatures start to drop at home, nothing makes us want to turn on the oven and bake a sweet like this one. orange cake that we propose to you today. A simple cake, perfect for those who have never tried making one, perfect to accompany coffee.
This Citrus cake It doesn't have anything special, but it doesn't need anything. It's a traditional cake. Ideal to share for breakfast or a snack with a cup of milk, coffee or steaming hot chocolate. And to make it you will need little more than a couple of bowls, an electric mixer and a mould, as well as some ingredients of course.
La The ingredient list is simple And I dare say that you already have everything you need at home, except perhaps baking powder, yes, the traditional Royal baking powder. Would you dare to bake this orange cake? You can also make it with mandarin orange. Try it!
The recipe
- 175 g. Of flour
- 8 g. baking powder
- A pinch of salt
- 1 orange
- 4 eggs
- 70 + 70 g. of sugar
- 80 ml. mild olive oil
- Butter to grease the mold (or baking paper)
- We preheat the oven to 180 °C and grease or line a mold.
- Then we sift the flour and we mix it with the baking powder and a pinch of salt.
- On a small plate We grate the orange peel and in a bowl we squeeze the juice, reserving it.
- Then We separate the yolks from the whites of the four eggs.
- Put the egg whites in a large bowl, add a pinch of salt and beat until they are semi-whipped. Then add 70 grams of sugar and continue beating until get a meringue.
- In another large bowl, We beat the four egg yolks with the remaining 70 grams of sugar until the mixture is foamy.
- Then, we add the mild olive oil and beat until combined.
- We add the juice and the orange zest to the mixture and beat again to integrate them.
- Then, beating at low speed We add the flour little by little sifted.
- Once all the flour is integrated we add the whites with circular movements using a spatula or wooden spoon.
- Once the dough is ready, we pour it into the mold and put it in the oven.
- Bake for 45 minutes the cake or until a toothpick inserted into it comes out clean.
- Then, we take it out of the oven and let it rest for five minutes before unmold it on a wire rack to cool down.
- Now we can enjoy our simple orange cake.