Orange Cake

Ingredients:

3 large eggs
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 cup milk
1/2 cup olive oil
Zest of 1 orange minced and grind
1 3/4 cups flour sifted
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

SYRUP:

1 orange
1 1/2 cups orange juice
1 1/2 cups sugar

Preparation:

Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 C). Grease a pyrex, then dust with sugar and flour.
In a bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat the eggs with the sugar. Add the milk, oil and orange zest. So everything is together and mix.

Pour batter into prepared cake pan and bake for around one hour. Before you take out the cake though, use a toothpick (or knife but be careful) to poke holes in the top of the cake, then pour the warm strained syrup all over the cake so that it soaks through. Put it back the oven ( oven should be off but still hot) and leave it rest there for few minutes. Then remove cake from oven, put the rest of the syrup let cool. Then cool completely in the refrigerator if you wish.

Meanwhile, prepare the syrup:

In saucepan, combine the orange juice and sugar. Bring to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes, or until a thick syrup. Put half or more than a half of this syrup to the cake before you take out the cake completely. Once the cake is out, you put remaining syrup. You can use a tablespoon or spatula to spread the glaze (or syrup) over the top of the cake. Place cake on a nice platter and you can arrange the reserved orange in slices around or strips orange on the top of cake.

Part of this recipe have been taken from foodnetwork and modified by me.