Ingredients

The following ingredients have 12 Servings
  • 1 orange
  • 125 gram butter
  • 1/2 cup caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cup wholemeal self-raising flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 60 gram butter

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease deep 22cm (9 inch) round cake pan; line base and side with baking paper.
  • Squeeze the juice from the orange, reserve juice for syrup. Process or blend remaining skin and pulp finely.
  • Cream butter and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy, beat in eggs one at a time, beat until combined.
  • Transfer mixture to large bowl, stir in half the sifted flour and soda with half the buttermilk, then stir in remaining dry ingredients, buttermilk and orange pulp.
  • Pour mixture into prepared pan.
  • Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Bake for about 45 minutes. Stand cake 5 minutes before turning on to wire rack.
  • To make orange syrup; combine sugar, orange juice and butter in saucepan, stir constantly over heat without boiling until sugar is dissolved and butter melted; bring to the boil, remove syrup from heat.
  • Pour hot syrup evenly over hot cake.