Tunisian Orange Cake

Dessert · Tunisian classic.

Ingredients

• 1 large Orange
• 300g Caster Sugar
• 75 ml Olive Oil
• 280g Flour
• 1 tbs Baking Powder
• 4 large Eggs
• 2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Method

1. Preheat the oven — Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas 5. Grease a 23cm round springform tin.
2. Continue cooking — Cut off the hard bits from the top and bottom of the orange.
3. Continue cooking — Slice the orange and remove all seeds. Puree the orange with its peel in a food processor.
4. Mix together — Add one third of the sugar and the olive oil and continue to mix until well combined.
5. Mix together — Sieve together flour and baking powder. Beat the eggs and the remaining sugar with an electric hand mixer for at least five minutes until very fluffy.
6. Mix together — Fold in half of the flour mixture, then the orange and the vanilla, then fold in the remaining flour.
7. Mix together — Mix well but not for too long. Pour cake mixture into prepared tin and smooth out.
8. Preheat the oven — Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 160 C / Gas 2 and bake again for 30 minutes Bake until the cake is golden brown and a skewer comes out clean.
9. Continue cooking — Cool on a wire cake rack.

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