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Orange Cake/ Le Gateau Sevillan

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Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 10
Course
Breakfast
Dessert
Snacks
Cuisine
European
Mediterranean
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Description

Perfumed with orange zest and dressed up in an orange syrup, the result is a delicately buttery and moist flavored cake. It may remind you a bit of baba cake in terms of moistness.

Equipment

  • A loaf pan 7 cup capacity

Ingredients
 

  • 200 g /7 oz. butter
  • 1 cup /200 g /8 oz granulated sugar/ castor sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup /200g/ 8oz all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons /10g baking powder
  • Zest of two oranges

For the orange syrup:

  • Juice of 2 large oranges
  • ¾ cup/150g powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon butter to grease the cake tin
  • 2 tablespoons sugar to sprinkle all over the cake tin

Before Serving:

  • Powdered Sugar to dust the cake before serving optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 190°C/ 375°F.
  • Tear off a parchment paper a bit larger than your loaf pan. Put your loaf pan on the parchment paper and draw a line around its base, cut with a scissors. Grease the base of the loaf pan with a small piece of butter. Place the parchment paper, you cut, in the bottom of your cake pan, and grease the paper as well.
  • Grease the sides of the loaf pan and sprinkle with granulated sugar all over the inside.
  • Sift together the flour and baking powder.
  • Place the butter in a large mixing bowl; with the mixer on high speed, add the sugar little by little and keep on mixing for 1 minute.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, waiting until the first is incorporated before adding the second, third and fourth. It is important not to add the eggs too quickly to have a light cake.
  • With the mixer on low speed, add the orange zest and stir in the flour mixture, mix well to integrate the batter. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
  • Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for about 30-35 minutes, until the top of the cake is golden, and until you insert a skewer or a knife in the center and it comes out clean. Remove from the oven and set aside for 5 minutes before you convert it to a deep plate. Grasp the edge of the parchment paper and gently peel it off.
  • Prepare the orange syrup: mix the orange juice and the powdered sugar together and stir well to homogenize.
  • Douse the cake with the orange syrup while the cake is still warm. The cake will soak a lot of the syrup, but there will be a bit of run-off.
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  • Set aside to cool down; sprinkle with powdered sugar just before serving! Happy baking and eating!
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Notes

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