Moroccan Orange Cake

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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
  • 2 tablespoons orange zest, from 1- 2 oranges
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350A° F (180A° 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.
  6. Here's the orginal MOROCCAN MEASUREMENTS:
  7. 4 eggs.
  8. 1 soup bowl of sugar.
  9. 1 tea glass of vegetable oil.
  10. 1 soup bowl of flour.
  11. 2 sachets of baking powder.
  12. pinch of salt.
  13. 1 tea glass of fresh orange juice.
  14. zest from 1 or 2 oranges.
  15. 1 sachet of vanilla sugar.

Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)

430 kcal 22% DV
Protein Fat Carbs

Macronutrients

Protein 5g 10% DV
Total Fat 15.2g 20% DV
Carbs 58.5g 21% DV
Fiber 1.9g 7% DV
Sugar 5.4g 11% DV

Electrolytes

Sodium 12561mg 100% DV
Potassium 315mg 7% DV
Cholesterol 78mg 26% DV

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A 222.8mcg 25% DV
Vitamin C 16.7mg 19% DV
Calcium 1548.5mg 100% DV
Iron 4.7mg 26% DV

* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).

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