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Frosted Orange Cake Recipe

This may be the nicest cake I have ever baked.
Course Afternoon Tea, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine British
Keyword baking
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 12 servings
Calories 336kcal

Ingredients

  • 175 g margarine
  • 175 g caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tbsp black treacle
  • 1 tbsp orange essence
  • 225 g self raising flour
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 20 g ground almonds
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • silver balls to decorate
  • Frosted Orange Cake Recipe

icing

  • 225 g icing sugar
  • 1 tsp orange essence

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven 160C/325F/Gas Mark 3 and line a square baking tin with baking paper.
  • Mix the eggs, treacle and orange essence in a jug and sift the flour into a bowl
  • Cream the margarine and sugar in a bowl before alternating adding a bit of the egg mixture and a bit of the flour until you have one cake mix.
  • Add the almonds and milk and mix until combined.
  • Spoon the mix into the cake tin and bake for 50 minutes until nicely risen and browned. Leave to cool completely.
  • Make the icing by adding the orange essence to the icing sugar and gradually adding a little water until you get a nice thick icing. Pour over the cake and add silver balls.

*Note: Nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.