How to Make Orange Sponge Cake
If you are looking for a sweet snack or something different to have for breakfast, an orange sponge cake might be the option you were seeking out. Besides being a very soft and rich sponge cake, orange provides you with some health benefits, like vitamin C and antioxidants.
5-Minute Crafts has brought you a simple and easy recipe to try.
Ingredients
For a cake for 15 people, you’ll need:
- 3 ½ cups of flour without baking powder (sifted)
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅔ cup vegetable oil or melted butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 1 cup of whole or skim milk
- Juice of one large orange
- Grated orange zest
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 pinch of salt (optional)
Step 1
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Before starting, preheat your oven to 180ºC (350ºF).
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Spread butter on the inside of the mold you’ll be using. Doing that will prevent your cake from sticking at the end when you want to unmold it.
Step 2
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Mix the flour and baking powder in a big bowl. In this step you can add a pinch of salt if you want to. Then set it aside for later.
Step 3
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In a separate bowl, break the eggs and add sugar. Beat them until everything is well-combined. You can use a whisk or an electric mixer.
Step 4
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Add the oil, zest, and orange juice to the same bowl where you beat the eggs. Mix again until well-combined.
Step 5
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Pour the mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients and add the milk gradually. Mix very well, making sure that all the lumps disappear.
Step 6
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Pour the mixture into the buttered pan and bake it in the oven for about 45 minutes.
Step 7
- Remove from oven and cover with a clean cloth. Let cool for one hour.
- Do not remove the cake from the pan while it’s still hot. Otherwise, it might break.
Step 8
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Once cold, remove the orange cake from the mold and serve.