Orange Cake

Ingredients

• ‎4 eggs
• ‎1 1/2 cups sugar
• ‎1 medium spoon vanilla + zest of 1 orange
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 1/2 cups white flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon tahini for greasing the cake pan
• This easy and delicious orange cake recipe is from a friend of the Shu Tabkhin Today website:
• Fafi nohmn tahini
• To get the method for making apple and walnut cake, click this link: Apple and Walnut Cake Recipe
• To make an easy coconut cake, click this link: Decorated Coconut Cake Recipe

Method

1. First, beat the eggs with the vanilla in a deep bowl, then add the sugar and continue beating with an electric mixer for about 5 minutes.
   Timers: 5 min
2. ‎Add the orange juice and continue beating the cake mixture.
3. ‎Also add the oil and continue beating the orange cake mixture well until the ingredients are combined.
4. ‎Finally, add the flour gradually while continuing to beat, then add the baking powder and continue beating.
5. Grease a cake pan or suitable tray with a little butter and flour, or with a little tahini.
6. Pour the orange cake batter into the tray and place it in a preheated oven. Bake the cake at 180 degrees until done.
7. Do not open the oven at all while the cake is baking, but after about 40 minutes, once the cake starts to bake through, open the oven door and test for doneness by inserting a small wooden skewer; if it comes out dry, the cake is ready.
   Timers: 40 min
8. Set the cake aside until it cools completely, then decorate as desired.