Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Orange Butter Cake

Finally I got the time to bake!! I was trying to cope with my new timetable these few days, and I found myself rushing for everything since the first day of 2011..:( There are more works coming in for me and the time spending in the office are going to be longer this year..how boring..:(
Oh well, I hope everything will go smoothly and I hope I still have the time to bake as much as last year.
Now....my very first bake this year...Orange Butter Cake!! Freshly baked from my oven 2 hours ago and I can't wait to post it already...;p

A recipe adapted from one of my favourite collection, "I love Butter Cake from Kevin Chai".
Anyway I coverted his recipe from Lemon Butter to Orange..:D And worry that oranges scent will not be as strong as Lemons, I've made some changes here.

Result was wonderful, the cake was just the right taste as I wanted it to be...nice!

Recipe for 7" square pan:
160g butter
80g margarine
155g sugar
3 eggs (whole)
1 egg white
3 tbsps orange juice
2 tsps grated orange rind
1/2 tbsp "sunquick" orange nectar
200g plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder

Method:
~ Beat butter, margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
~ Add in eggs one at a time, then add in orange juice, rind and nectar.
~ Fold in flour and baking powder, pour into prepared pan and bake at 175'C for 30-35 minutes.

I've made some into cupcakes for my daughter to bring to school tomorrow. I find that kids like cakes in paper cups more than slices, but anyway that will be easier to handle.
Besides that, I baked some with my new heart shape pan..haha! Bought them from Daiso months ago but only have the chance to use it now....love the shape and the size...:)

Happy Baking!!



13 comments:

  1. The first cake I learnt from Form 3 Home Science class :)
    Really brings back the memories :)

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  2. yum yum! i love this recipe too!! yours look great reese!

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  3. Halo my friend! Ohh...hope you won't get too busy this year. :P Thanks for this Orange butter cake recipe! I was worried about how am I gonna use up the 5 oranges in my fridge, lol!

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  4. Yumm, i could almost taste the citrus flavour off the screen!

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  5. I like the nice orangy colour of the cake. I love any citrusy cakes. That is why you see most of my bake goods will have some kind of citrus in it.

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  6. I love orange cakes. Im sure this one will taste fantastic too. Do you think I can replace the margarine with butter? Will it affect the end result?

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  7. ~ Wendy, how lucky that you had baking lessons during school time..I only got to bake when I have my own house..haha!

    ~ jess kitch3n, thank you..;)

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  8. ~ Hi Bee Bee, I think you'll like this recipe..:) How nice to read you posts again....missing you already..^^
    Btw, I like the mickey mould you used for the pancake leh....wish I can get it here.

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  9. ~ crustabakes, thank you..:)

    ~ Gert, yea I can see your posts all with fruits. I like that too..:)

    ~ lenyh, oh yes, you can replace the margarine with butter, it'll taste more butterry anyway..:)

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  10. Thks for sharing, I like orange cake, very refreshing ^_^

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  11. Hi Reese! My first bake for this year also is butter cake too! It is Marble Butter Cake.
    I like the heart shape pan also,it made your cakes turn out so lovely.

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  12. Happy New Year to you!
    You're definitely not too late to post something here which is better than me have nothing to post up :P haha
    I like the new look of your blog with many lovely carrots.. oh ya.. this year is a rabbit year hehehe...

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  13. ~ neyeeloh, you are most welcome..:)

    ~ Wai Kitt, what a coincident..;) I Like marble Butter Cake too.

    ~ Hi Grace, thank you..:) Happy New Year to you too! I noticed that this year is a rabbit year, that's why the rabbits favourite is here..heehee.

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