Portuguese Orange Cake with syrup.
You can cook Portuguese Orange Cake with syrup using 10 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Portuguese Orange Cake with syrup
- Prepare of Ingredients.
- It’s 150 grams of margarine.
- You need 200 grams of flour.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 250 grams of sugar.
- You need 2 of oranges.
- Prepare 5 of eggs.
- It’s of Syrup.
- You need 250 grams of sugar.
- It’s 3 of oranges.
Portuguese Orange Cake with syrup instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 C.
- line a bunt cake pan with margarine and flour.
- in a medium size bowl, beat the egg yolks with 200 grams of sugar. Beat it until fluffy.
- add the margarine, the orange juice, and grated peel of one of the oranges.
- beat with electric mixer, stir the baking powder into the flour, and than add it to the mixture.
- in another bowl, beat the egg whites until foamy..
- add the rest of the 50 grams of sugar and beat until forms high peaks.
- gently fold the egg white mix into the yolk mixture.
- place in oven for 45 minutes or if tooth pick comes out clean.
- while cake is baking, prepare syrup by caramalizing the sugar with the orange juice to a boil.
- when cake is ready, remove it from the pan and poke some holes around it with a fork while the cake is still hot. Than pour the syrup on top.
- optional: can sprinkle grated orange peel on the top.
- enjoy!.