Quick orange cake

Quick Orange Cake recipe

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Ingredients

1. Self-raising flour – ¾ cup
2. Baking powder – 1tsp
3. Castor sugar (pisi hoi cheeni) – ¾ cup
4. Soft margarine – ¾ cup
5. Egg – 2
6. Grated orange – 3 tbl sp
7. Lemon juice – 1 tsp
8. Lime rind ( leemo ka chilka)– 1 tsp (finely slices in small pieces)
9. Boiling water – 1 tbl sp

Instructions

1. Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl
2. Add the sugar, margarine, eggs, grated oranges, lemon juice and lime rind.
3. Blend coffee with boiling water thoroughly in a cup and add it to the mixture
4. Mix together with the wooden spoon then beat for 2/3 mins until smooth and glossy
5. Alternatively beat with electric beater until just smooth
6. Grease the cake pan and pour the mixture in it
7. Put in the oven for 30 mins at 250 C
8. Check with the tooth pick, if toothpick comes out clean then the cake is ready
9. Take it off the oven, and let it cool