Sunshine Orange Cake

Submitted by Christine

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 12 pieces of cake

ingredients

• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 1⁄4 cup orange juice
• 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
• 1 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar, divided
• 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg yolk
• 4 egg whites
• confectioners' sugar (to garnish)
• orange strip (to garnish)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350*.
2. Spray a 6 cup decorative or plain tube pan with vegetable cooking spray.
3. Dust with flour.
4. Set aside.
5. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
6. In a small bowl, combine buttermilk, orange juice and grated orange peel.
7. Mix well.
8. In a large bowl, stir together 1 cup sugar, oil, and egg yolk until crumbs form.
9. Stir in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
10. In a medium mixing bowl, using an electric mixer set on high speed, beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
11. Beat in remaining sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, until stiff peaks form.
12. Gently fold egg whites into batter.
13. Pour into prepared pan.
14. Bake until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
15. Place on a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes.
16. Turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.
17. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar; garnish with orange peel strips.