Orange Tea Cake

About Orange Tea Cake

Ingredients

• Orange rind, grated 2 tsps
• Orange essence (optional) ½ tsp
• Candied orange peel, chopped ½ cup
• Butter 1 cup to grease
• Castor sugar 1 cup
• Eggs 3 to 4
• Refined flour 1 cup
• Baking powder 1 tsp

How to Make Orange Tea Cake (Stepwise Photos)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180º C. Grease a baking tin with a little butter.
2. Take butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat with an electric beater till light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs, one at a time, and continue to beat till the mixture is light. Add the (optional) orange essence and orange rind and mix well.
4. Add candied orange peel, refined flour and baking powder and mix well.
5. Pour the batter into the greased baking tin. Keep it in the preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
6. Take the tin out of the oven, let it cool for 5-7 minutes. Demould and cut into slices.
7. Arrange the slices on a serving platter and serve.

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Chaitrali Deshmukh

Thank you for the amazing instructions.

I have success w/ my dosa but does not last long stored in the refrigerator.

Maybe I am fermenting for too long, or add the salt before the rise?

I also was wondering if it is important to blend separately or can it be blended all together?

Reply

Chef Saransh Goila

Hi Chaitrali,
Yes, cut down the fermentation time and add salt only to the required portion at the time of making the dosa. Also storing in smaller containers just enough for a day helps. Once the batter in a larger container is disturbed (by stirring or scooping out a little etc), I feel it turns sour faster. You can blend them together if you want. But we do it separately because we want the dal batter to become fluffy and the rice batter slightly coarse. Fluffy dal batter makes the dosas light and coarse rice batter makes them extra crispy without making the dosas hard. Hope this helps