Orange butter cake

Ingredients

• 225 g butter (softened)
• 200 g castor sugar
• 225 g self raising flour (sifted)
• 4 eggs
• 1 small orange

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Preparation

• Wash a whole orange, cover with water in a small pot, bring to boil and then turn fire down to simmer orange slowly for about 20-30 minutes.
• Cut cooked orange and remove the seeds and blend it, set aside to cool. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time to beat till well blended. Add the orange pulp, mix it well.
• Fold in flour and gently mix it. As oranges and eggs vary in size, if you feel that the final batter is too soft (ie, not dropping consistency per normal butter cake), please don't hesitate to add 1 or 2 more tbsp of sifted flour to bring it to the right consistency.
• Pour batter into a greased and lined 8 inch cake tin. Baked in a preheated oven at 170C for 40-45 minutes or till skewer comes out clean.
• Let cake cool in the pan for about 5mins before turning it out on a cooling rack.