My teatime bites...............Hi, I back here again after nearly 3 weeks of home imprisonment with no shopping or food indulgence which I hope to end in a few more weeks. With just the living room sofa and my bed as the resting place with my eyes glue to Astro Channel 703 most of the time I have been craving for some nice sweet cakes. With sons busy working their heads off I have to make myself one with the help of the lazy maid of course. Lazy because when I mention I wanted to make a simple cake she pull out a long face which did not put me off my mission either. So here comes out the cake with me weighing all the ingredients and the maid holding the mixer while I put in all the ingredients. Here is to share how I make a cake with some butter, flour, eggs, sugar and an orange. Easy peasy for someone who should be resting as much as possible after a major surgery. In fact I already make it twice as the first piece 5 days ago was eaten up by me during my teatime.
My ingredients of 150 g butter, 3 eggs, 125 g self raising flour, 2 tbsp orange juice, and grated rind of 1 orange., 100 g castor sugar, 
First cream the sugar and softened butter with an electric mixer on medium speed til soft and fluffy. I told the maid she is just so lucky she had the mixer or else she would be using a wooden spoon to mix by hand which we used to do during our childhood days many decades ago when electric mixer were nowhere to be seen.
The uncook batter in the tin ready for the oven...........When the sugar and butter have a soft white colour its time to add in eggs. Just add in one first, mix well for a minute, then add in another one, mix again and add the next egg. Mix well and add in the orange juice and rinds and beat for a minute on high speed. After that, lower the speed and add in the sifted flour in 2 to 3 stages mixing til well combined. Pour batter in a 20cm round tin which has been oiled with butter or lined with greaseproof paper. Pop into preheated oven of 170 degrees Celcius for about 40 to 45 minutes. Take out and cooled on a rack. To test whether the cake is ready just use a tooth pick or a knife to prick into the centre of the cake and when it comes out clean and dry it is ready. If there is still wet batter sticking on the knife just bake it another 5 minutes til cook.
Heavenly smell of orange butter cake cooling on a rack....
My second batch of delicious cake almost half gone.....Surprisingly I have not put on extra kilos after all these 5 meals a day. My body must be depleted after the operation.
Note: Oh, just for my buddies info, my test result comes out clean and healthy with no maglinancy. Thank the Good Lord and all your prayers for my safe recovery.
Note: Oh, just for my buddies info, my test result comes out clean and healthy with no maglinancy. Thank the Good Lord and all your prayers for my safe recovery.
