Eggless orange cake


Ingredients
whole wheat flour -  1/2 cup      
Maida - 1/2 cup (or half of both )
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
a pinch of salt
1 cup orange juice      
powdered sugar  3/4 cup
olive oil or butter or any vegetable oil 1/4 cup
½ tsp orange zest
1 tbsp eggless vanilla custard powder or corn flour

Instructions  
                               
preheat your oven to 180 degrees C. sieve 1 cup flour with 1 tbsp corn starch/custard powder, a pinch of salt, ½ tsp baking powder and ½ tsp baking soda. keep this sieved mixture aside.            

In a bowl add the 3/4 cup sugar and ¼ cup oil. you can also use softened butter instead of oil.
With an electric beater or hand beater or a wooden spoon, beat this mixture of oil/butter and sugar till well blended and creamy.    
Add 1 cup of the orange juice to the sugar and oil mixture. stir very well.                          
Now add the sieved flour mixture and ½ tsp orange zest. To get a more dominant flavor of oranges, add orange extract or essence.
Mix everything very well. There should be no lumps in the cake batter.
pour the batter in a lined or greased cake pan.
Tap the pan from the sides so that excess air bubbles are released and the batter becomes even in the pan.
Bake in a preheated oven for 180 degrees C for 30-35 minutes.
Serve orange cake with tea or coffee.

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