Citrus fruit ring cake
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Recipe Rating
Preparation Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 45 - 50 minutes
Serves: Makes 1 large cake
Citrus fruit ring cake
Ingredients
125g butter or margarine, softened
250ml (200 g) sugar
500ml (280 g) Snowflake cake flour
5ml Snowflake baking powder
250ml (150 g) dried fruit cake mix
10ml grated orange rind
5ml bicarbonate of soda
250ml sour milk or buttermilk
2 extra-large eggs
Syrup
125ml (100 g) sugar
125ml fresh orange juice
30ml fresh lemon juice
5ml grated orange rind
Method
- Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition until light and creamy.
- Sift flour and baking powder together. Add to creamed mixture. Add fruit cake mix and orange rind.
- Dissolve bicarbonate of soda in sour milk and add to creamed mixture alternately with dry ingredients. Mix well.
- Spoon mixture into a greased 23 cm ring cake pan and bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 45 - 50 minutes.
- Syrup: Combine ingredients in a small, heavy-based saucepan. Bring to the boil, stirring constantly for 2 minutes.
- Remove cake from oven and leave to cool for a few minutes in pan. Turn out and pour hot syrup over hot cake.
