Each week we’ll bring you a tasty recipe passed down by Emanuel families, from the Emanuel School Community Cookbook, The Family Meal. 

From the Kitchen of Lyn Rosen 

Whole Orange Cake with Citrus Icing

Ingredients

1 medium orange
200g butter, melted
3 eggs, beaten lightly
1 1/2 cup self-raising flour

Citrus Icing

1 medium lemon (2 tsp zest, 2 tsp juice)
1 cup icing sugar mixture
1 tsp boiling water, approximately

Directions 

Preheat oven to 180⁰C (160⁰C fan-forced).
Grease a deep 20cm deep cake pan and line base with baking paper.
Wash and dry orange, cut into quarters and remove seeds. Process in a small food processor until it becomes pulpy.
Transfer orange to a medium bowl, stir in butter, eggs, sugar and sifted flour until smooth.
Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake in a moderate oven for about 50 minutes or until cooked when tested.
Stand for 10 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.

Citrus Icing

Using a zester, remove strips of lemon rind from lemon and orange (2 teaspoons each).
Squeeze 2 teaspoons of juice from each fruit.
Sift icing sugar into a bowl, stir in juices and enough water to make a smooth paste. Stir in rind.
Pour citrus icing immediately over cake. Stand until set.

Serves 10 

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