Orange Fruit Ring

Ingredients:

For the loaf:

• 140 g (250 ml) Snowflake Cake Wheat Flour
• 125 g (135 ml) butter/ baking margarine
• 200 g (250 ml) sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 5 ml Snowflake Baking Powder
• 10 ml ground mixed spice
• 150 g (250 ml) fruit cake mix/ bakers mix
• 1 orange rind, and 50 ml orange juice
• 200 ml sour milk (Maas)
• 5 ml bicarbonate of soda

Syrup:

• 200 ml orange juice
• 200 ml (160 g) sugar
• 50 ml lemon juice
• 10 ml grated orange rind

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 22 cm ring cake pan.

2. In a medium bowl, cream the butter/ baking margarine and sugar together until light. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, until light and fluffy.

3. Sift flour and baking powder together. Add the ground spice, cake mix and orange rind and mix through. Gradually add to the butter mixture, mixing well after each addition.

4. Mix the milk and orange juice together. Add the bicarbonate of soda and stir until dissolved. Add to the flour mixture and mix through.

5. Spoon into baking tin and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until when a skewer is inserted and comes out clean.

6. Meanwhile for Syrup: Mix ingredients together in a small heavy-based saucepan. Boil for 3 minutes.

7. Remove cake from oven and spoon hot syrup over warm cake. Turn cake onto a wire rack to cool.

Variations, Hints and Tips:

• Use buttermilk, Maas or plain yoghurt as an alternative to sour milk.
• Replace fruit cake mix with a selection of dried cranberries, raisins, and sultanas.
• Replace lemon juice with 25 ml lime juice for a tart twist.
• Make your own ring cake tin; by taking a 22 cm round cake tin and placing a greased empty 385 g size can into the centre, fill the ring with the batter and bake.

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