Orange Cake

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preheat the oven to 180° (gas mark 4)

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• 3 eggs
• 250 g sugar

• whisk

beat the eggs and sugar together until smooth

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• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 125 ml sunflower oil

• whisk

add vanilla extract and oil together in the mix, keep mixing until light yellow colour

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• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

• whisk

eventually, add the bicarbonate of soda into the mix (make sure to mix well!)

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• 160 g self raising flour

• sieve
• whisk

sift the flour into the mix and continue mixing until smooth once again

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• 150 g salted butter

• whisk

melt the butter on a saucepan, then add into the batter

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• 1 orange

• whisk

juice and zest the orange, adding it into the mix

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using extra amounts of butter, oil the loaf tin, along with dusting it with flour afterwards