Orange Drizzle Cake | #GBBOBloggers2016 Week 1
As you will have probably gathered by now, I’m a pretty passionate baker. I love baking and trying new recipes so It’s no surprise that I absolutely LOVE the Great British Bake Off. This year I’m super excited to be joining in with Jenny and some other lovely bloggers for the ‘Great Bloggers Bake Off’. Each week I’ll be baking something inspired by the bakes made on the show and then sharing the recipe here on the blog.
If you watched the bake off last Wednesday then you will know that it was Cakes week and one of the cakes that the bakers made was a drizzle cake. As I’ve already shared my lemon drizzle recipe on the blog (here) I turned to my Mother in law for ideas as she’s also a very keen baker. She very kindly gave me the recipe for this Fruity Orange Drizzle Cake which actually originally belonged to her Grandmother!! So it’s been passed down the generations and hopefully I can then pass it onto Bella to bake too!
This is my first time baking this cake and I’m so so pleased with the result. It’s absolutely delicious and very straight forward to make. I’ll definitely be baking it again! The zesty orange teamed with the sweet sugar for the drizzle is a match made in heaven.
I really struggled with photographing this cake as it has a very ‘rustic’ appearance so it doesn’t exactly come across as a particularly beautiful bake in photos but I can assure you that it tastes utterly scrumptious!
- 4oz butter at room temperature
- 8oz caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 5 fl oz of butter milk***
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- 8oz flour
- 6oz sultanas
- 4oz chopped walnuts
- The grated rind of 3 large oranges
- 1 tsp of vanilla
*** TIP – If you don’t have any butter milk you can use normal milk and by adding a touch of lemon juice, it will turn sour and can be used instead!***
For the drizzle
- Juice of 3 large oranges
- 4 oz of caster sugar
Method
- Lightly grease a bundt tin with some butter or oil. Pre heat your oven to 180 degrees / gas mark 4.
- Cream together the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. I used my Kenwood K mix for this but it can easily be done by hand!
- Beat in your two eggs (one at a time), then add in your buttermilk and vanilla essence and mix well.
- Mix in your flour and baking powder before stirring in the sultanas, walnuts and orange rind until evenly distributed through your cake mix.
- Add to your pre greased bundt tin and bake in the middle of the oven for 45 minutes – an hour. If the cake starts to brown too much then cover with some foil to allow the sponge to cook right through without burning the top.
- Whilst your cake is cooking, mix together the juice of the three oranges with your caster sugar and let it sit until needed.
- Once your cake is cooked, leave it to cool a little in the tin before turning out. Make some small slits through the top of the cake and pour over your orange drizzle carefully making sure the syrup runs into the slits rather than straight off the cake! Leave the cake to cool completely and let the drizzle soak in.
- Enjoy!
Hannah
August 29, 2016 at 10:40 pmThis looks wonderful, your photos are gorgeous too. I would love to attempt this bake will pin it for sure! I just want to reach in and grab a slice! So Loveky it’s a family recipe too xx
Shell Louise
August 30, 2016 at 8:06 amYour cake looks so moist and delicious 🙂 The close up photo of the slice cut out is excellent, it makes me want a slice right now!
jenny paulin
August 30, 2016 at 10:29 amwhat a wonderful idea to make a fruit and nut cake into a drizzle cake, and I especially love that it is a family recipe handed down to you. makes it even more special. i would happily enjoy a slice and i also like the fact that you have gone for a different shaped cake.
thank you for joining in with the #GBBOBloggers2016 x
Vikki Holness
August 30, 2016 at 9:30 pmYour photos are gorgeous and oh my gosh, that Orange Drizzle Cake looks divine! I can see these #GBBOBloggers2016 blog posts doing wonders for my diet. NOT! lol xx
Cardiff Mummy Says - Cathryn
August 30, 2016 at 10:37 pmI love the sound of the Great Bloggers Bake Off – what a great idea to keep you inspired to try out new recipes. How lovely that the recipe has been in the family for so long. The photos are stunning. Just want to bite into it! x
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
August 31, 2016 at 5:12 pmI usually always make lemon drizzle cake, but I am going to have to try making orange drizzle cake next!
Harriet
September 4, 2016 at 7:20 pmDefinitely try the Orange Dannii! xo
laura - dear bear and beany
August 31, 2016 at 9:33 pmMy favourite cake ever is lemon drizzle cake. I never thought to change it for an orange drizzle cake, totally going to do this next time x
Harriet
September 4, 2016 at 7:19 pmI love a lemon drizzle too but was very pleased with how tasty this orange alternative is too! xo
Kerry Norris
September 1, 2016 at 1:16 pmThis looks amazing. I love lemon drizzle cake but as silly as it sounds, I’ve never thought to make an orange one lol x
Harriet
September 4, 2016 at 7:14 pmI hadn’t either Kerry until I made this! xo
This Mama Life
September 1, 2016 at 11:51 pmMmm yum! I’ve never had orange drizzle cake before, only lemon. It looks great! I’m absolutely loving GBBO!!x
Harriet
September 4, 2016 at 7:14 pmThanks lovely. Me too! Definitely the highlight of my Wednesday evenings! x
Janine Dolan
September 3, 2016 at 10:46 pmLooks delicious. We have a bake off in work every week. I got Irish flavours which I have to present on Monday.
Harriet
September 4, 2016 at 7:13 pmOh now that sounds like fun! Eeeek good luck! xo
Millicent Aboagye
November 1, 2016 at 5:57 pmLove it and I will be glad to have the measurements in metric. Merci beaucoup.