• Cake flour 1½ cups
• Baking soda 1 tsp
• Baking powder ¼ tsp
• Light brown sugar ½ cup, packed
• Salt 1/2 tsp
• Oil 1/2 cup
• Orange juice 1 cup
• Orange zest 2 tbsp (from 1½ oranges)
• Vinegar 1 tbsp
• Vanilla extract 1 tsp
• For the Icing:
• Powdered sugar or Icing sugar or Confectioned Sugar – 1 cup, sifted
• Orange juice 3 tbsp
• Orange zest from half of the orange

Pre heat oven to 190 degree C for at least 10 minutes.

Grease 9 inches round pan and dust with 1 tbsp flour. Tap it gently to remove excess flour.

Keep aside prepared pan.

Put dry ingredients in a bowl.

Mix it to combine all ingredients.

Add oil, orange juice, vanilla extract, vinegar and orange zest in a bowl.

Whisk it so everything gets incorporated.

Fold dry ingredients and wet.

Mix everything gently so a smooth batter prepare.

Now pour the batter in to prepared pan. Tap it lightly on you counter, it will help to release air bubbles from batter.

Bake it in preheat oven at 190 degrees C for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Allow to cool cake in the pan then run the knife around the edges to loosen the cake.

Shift cake on wire rack and cool it completely before icing.

When the cake is cool completely, put it on cake icing stand.

If you do not have icing stand then decorate it on wire rack and place a plate at the bottom for easy cleansing.

For Icing:
Add powdered sugar or icing sugar in a bowl.

Add 1 tbsp of orange juice at time in powdered sugar and keep mixing till you get smooth and pouring icing consistency.

Stir in orange zest.

Mix it nicely.

Drizzle the icing on the cake and let it flow itself.

Otherwise use spatula/butter knife or back of spoon to spread it evenly.

Let it cool then cut into slices and serve.

by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 898 views