Mini orange sponge cake - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
12 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the sponge
- 250 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 250 g Butter (unsalted)
- 4 Egg(s) (free range) medium
- 1 tsp Orange blossom water
- 250 g Self-raising white flour
For the buttercream
- 300 g Icing sugar
- 150 g Butter (unsalted) softened
- ½ tsp Orange blossom water
For the icing
- 100 g Icing sugar
- 1 Orange(s) zest and juice
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Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan 160°C, gas mark 4), and grease and base line a 12 hole loose bottomed cake tin with baking parchment. (We used a tin from Lakeland).
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Place the butter and caster sugar in a bowl and cream together until pale and fluffy, then add the eggs one by one beating well in between each addition, then add the orange blossom.
For this step you'll need:
- 250g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 250g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 4 Egg(s) (free range) medium
- 1tsp Orange blossom water
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Finally carefully fold in the flour until evenly mixed.
For this step you'll need:
- 250g Self-raising white flour
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Spoon the batter into the cake tin until each hole is 2/3 full. Then place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean and the sponges are golden brown and springy to the touch.
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5
Remove from the oven and leave to cool then use a small round ended knife to loosen the sponge from the side of the tin, then carefully remove each sponge from the tin and leave to cool on a cooling wire.
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To make the buttercream place the icing sugar and butter in a bowl and start slowly beating together, then turn the speed up and beat until pale and fluffy. Add the orange blossom water and beat again.
For this step you'll need:
- 100g Icing sugar
- 150g Butter (unsalted) softened
- ½tsp Orange blossom water
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When the cakes are cool cut each one in half widthways and spread a layer of buttercream on the bottom half of each one then place the lid on top.
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To make the icing place the icing sugar in a small bowl and add enough of the orange juice to get an icing with a thick pouring consistency. Drizzle a bit of the icing over each cake, letting it dribble over the edge. Finally sprinkle some orange zest on top to decorate.
For this step you'll need:
- 100g Icing sugar
- 1 Orange(s) zest and juice