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!
16 Comments
Hannah
This 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
August 29, 2016 at 10:40 pmShell Louise
Your cake looks so moist and delicious š The close up photo of the slice cut out is excellent, it makes me want a slice right now!
August 30, 2016 at 8:06 amjenny paulin
what 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
August 30, 2016 at 10:29 amVikki Holness
Your 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
August 30, 2016 at 9:30 pmCardiff Mummy Says - Cathryn
I 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
August 30, 2016 at 10:37 pmDannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
I usually always make lemon drizzle cake, but I am going to have to try making orange drizzle cake next!
August 31, 2016 at 5:12 pmHarriet
Definitely try the Orange Dannii! xo
September 4, 2016 at 7:20 pmlaura - dear bear and beany
My 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
August 31, 2016 at 9:33 pmHarriet
I love a lemon drizzle too but was very pleased with how tasty this orange alternative is too! xo
September 4, 2016 at 7:19 pmKerry Norris
This looks amazing. I love lemon drizzle cake but as silly as it sounds, I’ve never thought to make an orange one lol x
September 1, 2016 at 1:16 pmHarriet
I hadn’t either Kerry until I made this! xo
September 4, 2016 at 7:14 pmThis Mama Life
Mmm yum! I’ve never had orange drizzle cake before, only lemon. It looks great! I’m absolutely loving GBBO!!x
September 1, 2016 at 11:51 pmHarriet
Thanks lovely. Me too! Definitely the highlight of my Wednesday evenings! x
September 4, 2016 at 7:14 pmJanine Dolan
Looks delicious. We have a bake off in work every week. I got Irish flavours which I have to present on Monday.
September 3, 2016 at 10:46 pmHarriet
Oh now that sounds like fun! Eeeek good luck! xo
September 4, 2016 at 7:13 pmMillicent Aboagye
Love it and I will be glad to have the measurements in metric. Merci beaucoup.
November 1, 2016 at 5:57 pm