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Whole Orange Cake with Citrus Icing

1 medium whole orange (240g)

200g melted butter

3 eggs, beaten lightly

1 cup (220g) caster sugar

11/2 cups of self raising flour

1. 1.                Preheat oven to moderate (180C/160C fan forced). Grease and line 20cm cake pan with baking paper
2. 2.                Wash and dry orange; cut into quarters and remove seeds. Process in a small food processor until it becomes pulpy.
3. 3.                Transfer orange to a medium bowl, stir in butter, eggs, sugar and sifted flour until smooth. Pour mixture into prepared pan. Bake in mod oven for about 50 mins or until cooked when tested.  Stand for 10 mins before turning onto a wire rack to cool.

CITRUS ICING

1 medium lemon (140g)

1 small orange (180g)

1 cup of icing sugar mixture

1 teasp of boiling water

Using a zester remove strips of rind from lemon and orange.  You will needl2 teasp of each

Squeeze juice from fruit you will need 2 teasp of both orange and lemon.  Sift icing sugar into a bowl and stir in juices and enough water to make a smooth paste. Stir in rind.

Pour citrus icing immediately over cake; stand until set.

I usually serve this with just icing sugar sprinkled over it and a blob of clotted cream on the side as I didn’t like the icing that comes with this recipe.

Perhaps it might be OK with a thicker icing