This Moroccan Orange cake recipe is easy and quick. Soft, moist and full of orange sweetness it is a perfect tea-time companion.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Total Time1 hourhr10 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Moroccan
Keyword: Fruit cake, Orange
Servings: 8
Calories: 382kcal
Ingredients
3big fresh oranges
4eggs
1cupcastor sugar
1/2cupvegetable oil
2cupsall-purpose flour
1tspbaking soda
3tspbaking powder
1/2tspsalt
1tspvanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease and dust an 8” cake pan.
In a mixing bowl, beat together eggs and sugar until well combined. Slowly mix in the oil.
Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the eggs and sugar mixture little by little. Add a third of the mixture, beat together until combined then add another third and so on.
Zest the oranges directly on the cake mixture and then juice them. I just squeeze them really well with my hand. It makes for some of the pulp also to get into the cake batter which tastes great. Add vanilla extract and beat again on medium-high until the batter is smooth.
Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake for about an hour, until a toothpick (or cake tester) comes out clean.
Remove from oven and let the cake cool for about 15 mins.
Notes
For a little spicy kick, add cinnamon powder to the batter. It will further enhance the sweetness of the oranges.