Orange Cake with a Cream Cheese Icing

Cream Cheese Icing

¾ cup cream cheese, room temperature
⅓ cup butter, softened
¾ cup icing sugar
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
Pinch of salt

Orange Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a round cake tin.

2. In a large bowl, mix the cake flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt.

3. In a separate bowl, lightly beat the eggs, then add the melted butter, orange juice, orange zest, buttermilk and brandy.

4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just smooth, being careful not to overmix.

5. Pour the batter into the prepared tin and smooth the top lightly.

6. Bake for 40–45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

7. Allow the cake to cool completely before adding the cream cheese icing.

Orange Cake

2 cups cake flour
½ cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
Pinch of salt
2 eggs
½ cup butter, melted and slightly cooled
¾ cup fresh orange juice
1 tablespoon orange zest
½ cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon brandy

Ingredients

Method

Cream Cheese Icing

1. Place the cream cheese and butter in a bowl and beat until soft and smooth.

2. Add the icing sugar, orange juice and a pinch of salt.

3. Beat briefly until the icing is smooth and spreadable, not stiff.

4. Spoon the icing over the cooled cake and spread gently.

5. Finish with a slice of orange.

This is the kind of cake that doesn’t ask for much. It’s best sliced thick, eaten at the kitchen table with your closest friends, and somehow, if there’s a slice left for tomorrow, it’s just as good.