Orange Walnut bar cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 125 g unsalted butter, softened
- 3⁄4 cup caster sugar
- 1 grated orange, rind of
- 1 grated lemon, rind of
- 2 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups self raising flour
- 1⁄2 cup walnut pieces
- 1⁄2 cup orange juice
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 teaspoons sugar
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Orange butter frosting
- 75 g soft unsalted butter
- 250 g icing sugar, sifted
- 1 grated orange, rind of
- 1⁄4 cup orange juice
directions
- Preheat your oven to 180 degrees C.
- Grease a loaf or square cake tin well with some butter and line the base with baking paper.
- Cream the butter, sugar and grated rinds until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat in well.
- Fold through the sifted flour.
- Stir in the walnuts, followed by the orange juice and then the milk.
- Pour into the prepared tin and sprinkle with the 2 teaspoons sugar.
- Bake for about 50 minutes.
- Stand for a few minutes then cool on a wire rack.
- To make the frosting, cream the butter in a small mixing bowl until light.
- Beat in the icing sugar.
- Add the rind and juice then beat at high speed with electric mixer for a few minutes until frosting is stiff enough to shape easily but not too stiff to spread.
- If it's too thin add more sifted icing sugar.
- If too thick add some more juice or water.
- When the cake has cooled frost with the prepared frosting.
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Reviews
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In one word, this is "Delicious"! I've made it before as well and I still remember how pretty it looked when ready(after icing). It was over in minutes of going on the table:) You can also try this using all-purpose flour(instead of self raising), 1 1/2 tsps. baking powder and 1/4 tsp. baking soda. For the glaze, if you want to keep it lighter and simpler, use 1/4 cup fresh orange juice and 1/4 cup sugar. Combine the glaze ingredients in a saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes until a light syrup forms. This recipe is worth DOUBLING! ;-)
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
dale7793
Australia
I have a passion for healthy and simple dishes with lots of vegetables, although I love a treat every now and again also, especially ice cream!