Orange Cake (Eggless)

Today i will be travelling to UAE for a 3-days audit program,...so yesterday I made this orange treat for my akka who lives there. I actually wanted to bake something new (apart from the choco series i usualy make) and healthy as well, for her. This recipe is again a customised-newer version of the Eggless Orange Cake shown on FATAFEAT (one of my favs., Arabic Food Channel).

I absolutely have no patience, when it comes to baking. As i would always want to see the result even before it is fully done. But...somehow i managed to wait till the end and slurped a big piece then. Wow!...we (hubby & I) liked it. Eagerly looking forward to meet my sister & family, and hope they like it too!

Ingredients:

Self raising/all purpose flour – 1/2 Cup

Whole Wheat flour – 1 Cup

Butter – 20 gms (@ room temp)

Veg Oil - 3-4 tsps (i used olive oil)

Light Brown Sugar – 1/4 cup

Honey - 1/4 cup

Warm Water – 200 ml

Ground Cinnamon – 1/2 tsp

Baking Powder - 1 tsp

Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp

Whole Sweet Orange - 1 (Big)

Ripe Banana - 1

Crushed nuts (of your choice) - 1/4 cup

The orange:

Gently grate the rind of the orange and keep aside (can be added during the folding process)

Use only the juice, if your orange is full of seeds and skin. I used a seedless orange, so i cut the pulps into tiny pieces and whipped them with the wet ingredients.

Method:

1. Pre heat the oven to 200 C for 10 minutes

2. Grease a round cake pan line base with Parchment paper

3. Beat the wet and dry ingredients separately

4. Then fold them gently together and mix them

5. Now, transfer the mixture to the prepared cake pan

6. Bake it for 15 minutes @ 200 C

7. Then reduce the temperature to 180 C and bake it for 5 - 10 more minutes (or till done)

8. cool for 20 minutes, and enjoy it with butter.