Friday 11 July 2008

Orange Cake with Cheese Frosting


Resepi kek yang istimewa ini tunfrida perolehi daripada the Aust. Womens Weekly. memang best!! ada sesiapa nak resepinya?

CAKE INGREDIENTS

150g butter, softened
1 tablespoon finely grated orange rind
2/3 cup (150g) caster sugar
3 eggs
1½ cups (225g) self-raising flour
¼ cup (60ml) milk
¾cup (120g) icing sugar
1½ tablespoons orange juice

METHOD

Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease deep 20cm-round cake pan.

Beat butter, rind, caster sugar, eggs, flour and milk in medium bowl with electric mixer at low speed until just combined. Increase speed to medium, beat about 3 minutes or until mixture is smooth.

Spread mixture into pan; bake about 40 minutes. Stand cake 5 minutes; turn, top-side up, onto wire rack to cool.

Combine sifted icing sugar and juice in small bowl; spread over cake.


Per serving: 12g total fat (7.3g saturated fat); 1127kJ (270 cal); 36.3g carbohydrate; 3.8g protein; 0.7g fibre


Side note: When making any cake by the quick-mix, one-bowl method, you should start by having the butter, eggs and milk at room temperature. You might also like to bake this cake in a loaf pan; line the pan base and bake the cake about 50 minutes.

LIME CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
50g butter, softened
250g cream cheese
2 teaspoons grated lime rind
1¼ cups (200g) icing sugar mixture
2 tablespoons lime juice

Beat butter, cream cheese and rind in a medium bowl with an electric mixture until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in sifted icing sugar, then juice.

Spread Lime Cream Cheese Frosting over the cold cake. Mark top with a cake comb or fork, if desired.

Suitable to freeze.
Not suitable to microwave.


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