Moist Orange Cake with Orange Syrup

Happy New Year to one and all. May god bless us with happiness  and success. Todays recipe is something sweet and my favourite tea time cake. This is spongy,moist and full of orange flavour with orange syrup on it which is optional. This is one of the best tea cake to bake and its so yummy that when i baked this it took no time to wipe the plate, even my little princess was so excited to have a piece.
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Level: Easy
Total Time: 60 mins

Makes: 1 8" round or 1 loaf

Ingredients

Cake
Big Orange Zest
Orange juice: 90ml

Butter:170gm

Sugar:165gm (3/4 cup)

Milk: 180ml
Self Rising Flour: 265gm(1  3/4 cup) or [265gm plain flour+1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder]
Egg: 3

Syrup
Big Orange Juice (don't strain it) : 1 cup
Sugar: 1/3 cup

Directions

Prepare the cake tin by greasing and flouring or use parchment paper.Preheat the oven at 180c or 350f
Cream butter and sugar until they are light and fluffy.

Beat in eggs one at time until combined.
Add half of flour,milk and juice and beat on low speed and then add remaining half of flour,milk and juice. Continue to beat until well combined.

Fold in the zest and pour the batter in the prepared pan and bake for 35-45 or tooth pick inserted should come out clean.

Syrup
In a pan add juice, sugar and bring it to boil and lower the flame and cook for 5mins.

Once the cake is cool then pour the syrup on it. And now your yummy delicious orange cake is done.

Yummy...Wanna try....let set go...