Eggless Sicilian Orange Cake

Eggless Sicilian Orange Cake uses whole orange in the batter which gives an amazing flavour to the cake.

📝 Ingredients

• 130 g Maida/ All Purpose Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
• 100 g Sugar (Powdered)
• 150 g Orange
• 100 ml Milk
• 35 ml Refined Sunflower Oil
• Slivered Almonds

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat oven to 160C.
2. 2Grease, line and dust a 6” round tin and set aside.
3. 3Chop orange into small pieces and discard the seeds.
4. 4Grind it to a coarse paste.
5. 5IN a bowl, combine flour, powdered sugar, baking powder and baking soda.
6. 6Add the orange paste, milk and oil and mix to form thick batter.
7. 7Transfer batter to the prepared tin, top with slivered almonds and bake in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes.
8. 8Allow it to cool in pan on a wire rack.
9. 9Remove the cake, transfer to a serving platter and brush the top of the cake with simple syrup.
10. 10Slice it up and serve.
11. 11--- P.S: ---
12. 12Mix together 50 gm sugar and 50 gm water with orange zest and bring to boil. Cool it and use it for brushing the cake.