Waffle Wednesday Wonder Presents Today's Recipe

Orange Cake Recipe
Serves 4 to 6

INGREDIENTS

-4 eggs
-1 1/2 cups sugar
-1/2 cup vegetable oil
-2 cups flour
-4 teaspoons baking powder
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-1/2 cup fresh orange juice
-zest from 1 or 2 oranges
-1 teaspoon vanilla

METHOD

1.-Preheat your oven to 350° F (180° C). Grease and flour a tube pan. If using fresh oranges, zest and juice them.
2.-With an electric mixer or by hand, beat together the eggs and sugar until thick. Gradually beat in the oil.
3.-Stir in the flour, baking powder and salt, and then the orange juice. Beat until smooth, and then mix in the zest and vanilla.
4.-Pour the batter into your prepared pan, and bake for about 40 minutes, or until the cake tests done.
5.-Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 7 to 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.

-Mr. M&M