Ingredients
2½ cups self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup white sugar
½ cup honey
½ cup vegetable oil
(125ml)
4 eggs
3 oranges
Rind and juice of
Allergy Advice
Contains Eggs
Contains Gluten
Contains Soy
Equipment
- 1 large baking pan
- 1 large bowl
- 1 bowl
- 1 electric mixer
- 1 wire rack
- 1 skewer
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C (fan-forced). Grease a large baking pan liberally.
- Zest oranges – retain the zest of 1 orange for icing.
- Juice the 3 oranges and mix the remaining zest with the juice.
- Mix eggs, honey, sugar and vegetable oil in a large bowl.
- Sift flour, baking powder, bicarb soda and cinnamon into another bowl.
- Using an electric mixer, mix in the flour and orange juice/zest alternately until all combined.
- Pour into greased pan.
- Bake in oven for 40-50 minutes, checking after the 30 minute mark – use skewer test to affirm when cooked.
- Turn out on wire rack and cool completely.
Notes
Variation
Ice this cake with egg white (royal) icing with orange zest.
Variation
It would be yummy on its own as a teacake or with a honey glaze.
