My Mums Orange Cake

My Mums Orange Cake

This is a gorgeous cake which my mum always made us on the weekend. It is made using corn oil which creates a dense crumb and the cake keeps well as it is so moist.

To ring the changes you can also make what my mum used to call a geography cake. Half the mixture is removed after it has all been mixed together and mixed with some cocoa powder then swirled together with the plain mixture to create a marbled effect.

Ingredients
7 floz of corn oil or sunflower oil
6oz caster sugar
4 large eggs separated
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons brandy
7floz fresh orange juice(approx
2 large oranges)
12oz self-raising flour
2 level teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest



Beat the oil and sugar together until well blended.   You will see the mixture thicken as the eggs and oil become amalgamated. Add the egg yolks one at a time mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla extract, brandy and orange juice.
Add the flour and baking powder and mix well until combined. Fold in the zests. Whisk the egg whites to form soft peaks and fold into the mixture.

Pour the mixture into a ringed tin 10" wide or an 8" round cake tin. Bake in a preheated oven Gas 6/200 c for 45 minutes or until golden brown and when a skewer inseted into the cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes and turn out onto a wire rack to cool.