Description
Spiked with orange juice, this zesty cake is refreshing and topped with a smooth cream cheese and orange frosting. Fresh quark cheese makes this cake rich and soft, perfect for a potluck.
Ingredients
Scale
Cake
- 200g butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 200g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp quark (plain)
- 3 tbsp orange juice (freshly squeezed)
Frosting
- 250g cream cheese
- 2 tbsp icing sugar
- 2 tbsp orange juice (freshly squeezed)
- orange peel for decoration
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a circular cake form
- Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Gently fold in the eggs until thoroughly mixed
- Sieve in the flour and baking powder and add the quark and orange juice by folding it in
- Pour into your cake form and bake for 20 – 25 minutes until a skewer comes out clean OR the sponge bounces back when pressed. The orange and sugars in the cake make it go a deep golden brown colour. it’s not burnt – it’s just richer sugars.
- Take out and allow to cool on a rack.
- For the frosting just mix together the icing sugar and cream cheese.
- Once the cake is cooled spoon this on top of the cake and spread
- Now squeeze some orange juice on top and add the rind/peel of the orange in the centre for visual effect
- Category: Dessert