English cuisine
Cake
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 3 large orange
peelings.
- 1 cup of sugar.
- 125 ml butter.
- 1 cup of raisins.
- 2 cups flour.
- 1 tsp baking powder.
- 125 ml
walnuts chopped.
- 2 eggs.
- 500 ml
milk.
Orange syrup ingredients:
- ½ cup of sugar.
- 250 ml
fresh orange juice.
- 30 ml dark
rum.
Orange syrup directions:
- In a cooking pan heat
the orange juice, sugar and rum together till all the sugar is completely
dissolved.
- Put the syrup aside.
Orange peel cake
directions:
- Wash then peel the
oranges, remove the white pith from the peeling because that’s the bitter part
of the orange.
- Place the peelings and
the raisins in a food processor, mix till they are finely chopped.
- Preheat the over to
160 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl cream
the sugar and butter together.
- Add in the beaten eggs
and milk then mix in thoroughly.
- Fold in the flour and
baking powder into the batter using a wooden stick.
- Mix in the raisins,
the peels and the walnuts in to the mixture and mix thoroughly.
- Make sure the mixture
is without any lumps.
- Pour out the mixture
in a greased baking tray and bake for 45 to 50 min in the oven.
- When the cake is done
let it stand for 10 minutes, then remove the baking tray.
Turn the cake slowly and place on a
serving platter.
- Using a table spoon
sprinkle the orange syrup on the cake.
- Allow the cake to rest
for 20 minutes to absorb the syrup, than it is ready to serve.