Orange Cake

Ingredients

• • Maida - 3 cups
• • Sugar (powdered) - 3 cups
• • Spice powder - 1 teaspoon
  info: cinnamon, clove, cardamom and nutmeg
• • Eggs - 3
• • Caramelized sugar - 2 tablespoons
• • Butter - ¾ cup
• • Sweet orange essence - 1 teaspoon
• • Salt - ½ teaspoon
• • Soda - 1 ½ teaspoons
• • Orange juice - 1 ½ cups
• • Candied cherries - a little
• • Cashew nuts (cut into stripes) - ¼ cup
• • Raisins - 1 cup
• • Curd (fresh, thick) - 1 cup
• • Candied orange peels (diced) - ¾ cup

Method

• 1. Sieve flour with salt and baking powder for three times.
• 2. Divide sugar into half.
• 3. Beat one half with curds, mix in diced cherries, cashews, raisins and orange peel.
• 4. Beat other half of the sugar with butter and egg yolks.
• 5. Add orange juice, curd mixture, essence, caramel sugar and flour.
• 6. Mix gently with wooden laddie.
• 7. Finally add stiffly beaten egg white.
• 8. Fold in gently and bake.