Tunisian Orange Cake

Method8 steps

1. 1

   Step 1: Preheat the oven to 190°C,gas 5. Grease a 23 cm round springform tin with a little separate greasing oil.

   Uses A little oil for greasing the cake tin, as needed

2. 2

   Step 2: Wash the large orange (1 large) thoroughly. Cut away the hard stem and blossom ends, then slice the orange and remove every seed. Keep the edible peel with the prepared fruit.

   Uses 1 large orange, washed; peel retained and seeds removed

3. 3

   Step 3: Purée the prepared orange with its peel in a food processor. Add one-third of the measured sugar (300 g),100 g, and all 75 ml olive oil, then process until well combined.

   Uses All the prepared orange · 300 g caster sugar, divided 100 g for orange mixture and 200 g for eggs · 75 ml olive oil for cake mixture

4. 4

   Step 4: Sieve all 280 g plain flour and the tablespoon baking powder (1 tbsp) together into a bowl.

   Uses 280 g plain flour · 1 tbsp baking powder

5. 5

   Step 5: Beat all four eggs with the remaining 200 g caster sugar using an electric mixer for at least five minutes, until very fluffy. Gently fold in half the sifted flour mixture, then all the orange mixture and both teaspoons vanilla extract (2 tsp), then the remaining half of the same flour mixture.

   Uses 4 large eggs · 300 g caster sugar, divided 100 g for orange mixture and 200 g for eggs · The prepared flour mixture, half first then remaining half · All the prepared orange mixture · 2 tsp vanilla extract

6. 6

   Step 6: Finish folding only until the cake mixture is evenly combined, without overmixing.

   Uses The combined cake mixture

7. 7

   Step 7: Pour all the cake mixture into the greased tin and smooth its surface. Bake in the preheated 190°C oven for twenty minutes.

   Start whole-orange cake bake at 190 C · 20 minUses All the prepared cake batter

8. 8

   Step 8: Reduce the oven to 160°C,gas 2 and bake the same cake for another thirty minutes, continuing until golden brown and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Let the cooked cake stand briefly until safe to release from the tin, then remove the springform ring and base and cool on a wire rack.

   Finish orange cake bake at 160 C until cooked · 30 minUses The same partly baked cake