Buttery Orange Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 250 g unsalted butter, softened, chopped
• 1 1/4 cups caster sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/3 cup self raising flour
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons boiling water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to moderate (180oc/160oc fan-forced). grease a deep 22-23cm round cake pan, line the base with baking paper.
• 2 beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and creamy.
• 3 add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined between additions. fold in the sifted flour, then the juice and boiling water.
• 4 spread the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour or until the cake is cooked when tested with a skewer. stand the cake for two minutes before tuning onto a wire rack to cool.
• 5 dust with sifted icing sugar if desired.