MOROCCAN ORANGE CAKE (EASY)

MOROCCAN ORANGE CAKE (EASY) image

Yield 10 slices

Number Of Ingredients 22

Ingredients:
----- Conventional Measures -----
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 cups flour (or semolina flour)
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
zest from 1 or 2 oranges
1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
Traditional Moroccan Measures
4 eggs
1 level soup bowl of sugar
1 tea glass of vegetable oil
1 heaping soup bowl of flour
2 sachets of baking powder
pinch of salt
1 tea glass of fresh orange juice
zest from 1 or 2 oranges
1 sachet of vanilla sugar
Add in dark chocolate for a special treat.

Steps:

1. Preheat your oven to 350° F (180° C). Grease and flour a tube pan. If using fresh oranges, zest and juice them. 2. Beat together the eggs and sugar until thick. Gradually beat in the oil. 3. Stir in the flour, baking powder and salt, and then the orange juice. Beat until smooth, and then mix in the zest and vanilla. If using, add shaved dark chocolate. 4. Pour the batter into your prepared pan, and bake for about 40 minutes, or until the cake tests done. 5. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 7 to 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.