whole orange cake

This cake is sweet and contains a fair amount of butter so may be best served as a dessert.

1 whole orange, cut into quarters
220g butter, softened
150g raw sugar
3 eggs
260g SR Flour
40g shredded coconut

1. Preheat the oven to 180ºc. Grease and line a 20cm springform cake tin.

2. Place the orange and butter in to the mixing bowl and mix 7 sec/speed 8.

3. Add the remaining ingredients and combine 20 sec/speed 4.

4. Pour in to the cake tin and bake for 40 mins.

orange coconut cake

A dear family friend made this a couple of years ago when she visited. I asked for the recipe and I remembered it this morning while trying to decide what to bake for afternoon High Tea with school friends.

I hadn't made the icing before and I only had dessicated coconut and couldn't justify a trip to the shops. I didn't soak the dessicated coconut. It was light, fluffy and delicious!

I may just have to make another to take to school for work.

Orange Coconut Cake

Soak 1 cup shredded coconut in 1 cup milk - at least an hour. I usually do it overnight!! (in the fridge).

Cream 125g butter, 1 cup sugar & the grated rind of 1 orange.

Add 2 eggs, 1 at a time, stirring well.
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Stir in 1 1/2 cups SR flour & the milk/coconut mixture - alternately, a bit at a time.

Pour into a greased & floured cake tin. Bake in moderate oven ( 180 degrees) 40 minutes or until golden. Stand 5 mins. then turn out.

Icing : 1 1/2 cups icing sugar combined with 1 teaspoon soft butter & enough orange juice to mix to a smooth paste.