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Vanilla-orange loaf cake

Prep Time: 10 min / Cook Time: 50 min / Total Time: 1 hr

This homemade Orange Cake is bursting with the flavor of fresh oranges. A combination of orange zest and orange juice makes this cake extra moist and flavorful.

Author and photographs: Olga

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Vanilla-orange loaf cake

Yield: 1 cake

Ingredients

For batter

2 eggs
150 gr sugar
40 gr butter
180 gr flour
30 gr almond flour
80 ml milk
40 ml orange juice
zest of 1 orange
60 ml vegetable oil
6 gr baking powder
1 vanilla pod (or vanilla extract)

To 'open' the cake

20 gr butter (optional)

Glaze

1 tbsp. orange juice + 2 tbsp. powdered sugar

Instructions

Cooking.

Grind the sugar with your fingers with orange zest. Beat eggs (mix with a whisk or mixer) with sugar.

Split the vanilla pod in half, collect the vanilla seeds, and add to the egg mixture. Pour milk, vegetable and melted butter there, mix, then add flour and baking powder. Mix well again (don't overdo it). Pour the batter into a parchment-lined mold.

The cake is sliced. The cake is sliced. The texture of the crumb is visible.

In order for the cupcake to "open" - i.e. a beautiful hollow appeared in the center - put 20 g of butter on the surface of the dough along the length.

Bake for approx. 50 minutes at 160°C. (Check for readiness with a toothpick) Cool on a wire rack. Cover with frosting as desired.