Sicilian Orange Cake
An excellent light crumb cake with a simple flavor, a gorgeous texture lent from the combination yogurt and oil, and a delicious simple syrup!
Ingredients
Orange Syrup
- ¼ cup juice from whole ripe orange
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
Orange Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup juice from whole ripe orange
Cake
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- Zest from whole ripe orange
- 5 oz plain yogurt
- ¾ cup sunflower oil
Instructions
Orange Syrup
- Whisk juice and sugar until dissolved
- Set aside
Orange Icing
- Whisk juice and sugar until dissolved
- Set aside
Cake
- Whisk together sugar and eggs together until thick and foamy
- Set aside
- In a separate bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt
- Add orange zest and stir to combine
- Stir in yogurt and oil until smooth
- Pour into 9" prepared cake pan coated with sugar
- Bake at Fahrenheit 350º for 25 minutes
- Remove from oven and let rest in pan for 5-10 minutes
- Invert on wire rack and then immediately flip back over to return top side up
- Spoon orange syrup over top and sides of warm cake
- Let cool
Finalè
- When cake has finished cooling and just prior to serving, spoon orange icing over cake
- Serve alone, or with vanilla ice cream