Name: Orange Yoghurt Cake recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 125g butter; 1 tbs orange rind grated; 1 cup caster sugar; 3 eggs separated; 2 cups self-raising flour; 1/4 cup orange juice; 1 cup natural yoghurt; 1 1/2 cups icing sugar; 30g soft butter; 1 tsp orange rind grated; 2 tsp orange juice

by granna Last updated on 07/29/2021

This recipe was one given to me at work many years ago. It has never failed and it's always popular! - granna

Ingredients

125g butter
1 tbs orange rind grated
1 cup caster sugar
3 eggs separated
2 cups self-raising flour
1/4 cup orange juice
1 cup natural yoghurt

Icing

1 1/2 cups icing sugar
30g soft butter
1 tsp orange rind grated
2 tsp orange juice

Method

Step 1

Prepare a 20cm cake pan or loaf pan.
Step 2

Cream butter, orange rind and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time.
Step 3

Add half of the sifted flour along with half of the yoghurt and half of the orange juice.
Step 4

Mix well, then repeat with the rest of the flour, yoghurt and juice. Beat the egg whites into soft peaks.
Step 5

Fold in a third of the egg whites into the cake batter to lighten the mixture and then fold in the remaining egg whites very lightly.
Step 6

Bake at 160C for approximately 1 hour.
Step 7

To make the icing, combine the icing sugar, orange rind and butter and some of the juice. Add the remaining juice to give a good spreading consistency and apply the icing to a cold cake.