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Havetha's Orange Cake

The inspiration for the cake that was baked by Havetha in my The Hobbit and LotR fanfiction, 'A Second Chance'.

Read it here on Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51891997/chapters/131209786

Recipe by The Australian Women’s Weekly (1970)

Orange Cake

Ingredients: 185g butter 1 cup self-raising flour 1 cup cornflower pinch of salt 3 eggs 1 cup castor sugar 2 teaspoons grated orange rind ½ cup orange juice

Method:

Cream butter well, gradually add sifted flour, cornflour and salt, beat until smooth and soft. Beat eggs until foamy, gradually add sugar, beat until thick and creamy. Continue beating butter and flour mixture, gradually add egg mixture; beat until smooth. Gently beat in orange rind and juice until well combined.

Pour mixture into well-greased and floured baba tin. Bake in moderately slow oven 40 to 45 minutes. When cool, ice with orange icing, sprinkle with chopped mixed peel.

Orange icing

Ingredients: ½ cups icing sugar 2 teaspoons butter 2 tablespoons orange juice 1/3 cup chopped mixed peel

Method:

Sift icing sugar into small bowl, add melted butter and sufficient orange juice to make a soft icing.