Desserts
Orange and Butter Cake
Orange and butter cake — a simple, slightly dry cake made with common household ingredients and low cost. A reliably successful cake loved by children and adults.
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Orange and butter cake... an easy cake made with common ingredients found at home. Low cost and a delicious dessert everyone loves.
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 level teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- This easy cake recipe is from a friend and cook on Shou Tabkhin Today:
- Fatima Jamoul
- Click Fatima's name to visit her profile on our site and explore her recipes.
- For more of Fatima's successful recipes see Al-Mashbak (Lebanese Meshbek)
- Cocoa and Butter Cake by Fatima as well
- Here is how to make Oat Cakes with Molasses
Method
- Beat the eggs with the sugar well until the sugar dissolves.
- Add the liquids and whisk, then add the remaining ingredients and beat well until the mixture is uniform.
- Grease the pan with a little tahini and oil.
- Pour the orange-and-butter cake batter into the pan and put it in the oven.
- Place the pan on the middle rack and bake for about 40 minutes at 170°C, watching it as time varies by oven.
- Test the cake with a small wooden skewer.
- Let it cool to room temperature before serving.
- Fatima Jamoul
- For more of Fatima's successful recipes, see: Lebanese meshabek.
- Also try Fatima's cocoa-and-butter cake.
- Here's how to make oatmeal cookies with molasses.
Notes and serving ideas
- Al-Mashbak (Lebanese Meshbek)
- Cocoa and Butter Cake
- Oat Cakes with Molasses






