Orange Cake

Orange Cake

My daughter wanted cakes last night, My husband sometimes turns out to be a great cook and he surprised us with this cake.It was prepared in 30 minutes.

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 3/4 cup
Oil - 1/4 cup
Egg - 1 no
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Orange juice - 1/4 cup (Fresh or Store bought)
Vanilla Extract - 1 drop
Baking powder - 1 pinch
Salt - 1 pinch
Grated Orange skin  / Orange zest - 1 tsp

Procedure:

Squeeze out the oranges to Extract the orange juice or use the ready made juice available in the market .
In a large shallow bowl blend the dry ingredients like the All purpose flour , salt and baking soda.Set aside
 In a large mixing bowl , add the egg and sugar and beat them for about 3 minutes on high speed till they turn yellow in colour .
Turn the beater to low speed and add the flour . And the oil alternately beginning and ending with the flour.
Add the orange zest and orange juice and beat them, until all the ingredients are uniformly mixed .
Grease the baking pan with oil and dust them with flour.
Preheat the oven to 350 F.

Pour the batter to the greased pan  .
Bake for 26 - 30 minutes.

Allow the cake to cool down for 15 minutes  and make them in to slices.

Serve..Yummy cake is ready. My kids absolutely Loved this..