Orange Cake

Name: Orange Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 1 cake, 8-10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 orange; 1 cup raisins; 2 cups flour; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 3/4 cup sour milk or 3/4 cup buttermilk; 2 eggs; 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, room temperature; 2 teaspoons lemon juice; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt

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Recipe by ellie_

Delicious snack cake that is easy to make. Recipe adapted from Bon Appetit (May, 1983).

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READY IN: 1hr

SERVES: 8-10

YIELD: 1 cake

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

orange
1

cup raisins
2

cups flour
1 ¹⁄₂

cups sugar
³⁄₄

cup sour milk or 3/4 cup buttermilk
2

eggs
¹⁄₂

cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, room temperature
2

teaspoons lemon juice
1

teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₄

teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
Grease 9x13 baking pan.
Squeeze juice from orange and set aside.
Dice peel and rind and put in food processer.
Add raisins and chop.
Transfer raisin/rind mixture to bowl.
Stir in flour, 1 cup sugar, milk, eggs, butter, lemon juice, baking soda and salt and mix together.
Pour batter into pan.
Bake 40-45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Immediately pour orange juice over top of cake and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup sugar

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