Moist Orange Ring Cake

This is a very simple orange cake, the kind you are in the mood to enjoy anytime, I decided to add a little creative decoration to go with it, I made it for a family reunion and everybody liked it, hope you do too

ready to be baked

just out of the oven

sift powder sugar over the cake and the wax paper lines

take away some lines of paper and sift some powder cinnamon READY!
CAKE

1cup of sugar 

1/2 cup of butter melted

2 eggs beaten

1 1/4 cups sifted cake flour

1/4 tsp. salt

2 tsp. baking powder

2/3 cup fresh orange juice

Decoration:

powder sugar

cinnamon

HOW TO

Stir butter and sugar.

Add eggs and mix well

Add sifted flour, salt, and baking powder alternately with 1/3 cup orange juice , mixing until blended.

Pour into a ring mold, line on the bottom with wax paper

Bake in preheated moderate oven, for about 30 minutes

Remove to serving plate and peel off paper, let cool.

DECORATION

Cut a few lines of wax paper and then sift the powder sugar, then take out 2 or 3 and sift cinnamon.

Orange Sponge Cake

Recipes for simple and delicious cakes are a must this days that we have so many things to do and so little time to bake.

So that´s why I want to show you this delicious Orange Sponge Cake

FOR THE CAKE
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
6 egg yolks
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1/2 fresh orange juice
6 egg whites
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 cup of sugar (for the egg whites)

POWDERED SUGAR FROSTING
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
evaporated milk
4 Tbsp. slivered almonds

FOR THE CAKE
Beat egg yolks with sugar, add orange peel and little by little the orange juice.
Gradually add the flour.
In a separate bowl beat the egg whites, the cream of tartar and little by little the rest of the sugar(1/2 cup).
Fold the egg white mix with the egg yolk mixture.
Pour into greased and floured ring pan.
Bake at 325 degrees for 50 min. aprox.
FOR THE FROSTING
In mixing bowl stir together powdered sugar, vanilla and add enough evaporated milk to make of drizzling consistency(about 2 Tbsp).
Drizzle over the top of the cake.
sprinkle almonds