6/26/22, 5:42 PM Orange blossom cake - Zaatar & Zaytoun

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Orange blossom cake

Zesty fragrant orange blossom cake with lashings of icing sugar

Course
Dessert
Cuisine
Lebanese
Keyword
Baking, Homemade, Quick and Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Servings 6
Author Zaatar and Zaytoun

Ingredients
3
eggs
3/4
cup
yoghurt
3/4
cup
sugar
zest of one lemon
zest of one orange
1/2
tsp
orange blossom water
3
tbsp
orange juice
2
cups
plain flour
1/2
tsp
baking powder
pinch
of salt
1/2
cup
vegetable oil
Icing sugar
for dusting

Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 180C (350F)
2. Whisk together the eggs, yoghurt and sugar .
3. Zest the orange and lemon and add to the mixture
4. Squeeze the juice of half an orange and add 3 tablespoons along with the orange blossom water
5. In a separate bowl, sieve together the flour and baking powder
6. Add the salt and stir together, then add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients bit by bit, folding as you go
along
7. Add the vegetable oil in parts, folding very gently as you go along. Keep folding until everything has combined
together (be patient this may take 5 minutes)
8. Grease a 20cm baking tin or similar and bake for around 30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean
9. When cooled, dust generously with icing sugar

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