Ambrosia Cake (ambrosiakakku)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 150 g unsalted butter, melted
• 3 large eggs
• 200 g caster sugar
• 115 g all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 grated orange, zest of
• 100 g confectioners' sugar or 100 g icing sugar
• 2 -3 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
• candied orange peel (many recipes on zaar)

Recipe

• 1 whisk eggs and sugar into a thick, pale foam.
• 2 add grated orange zest, slightly cooled melted butter, and baking powder mixed with flour.
• 3 pour the batter into a 24-26 cm buttered springform.
• 4 bake in a preheated 180 c oven until the cake is done (test by inserting a wooden toothpick in the middle of the cake - it should come out dry).
• 5 cool, transfer onto a serving tray.
• 6 mix icing sugar and orange juice into a glaze and spoon over the centre of the cake, leaving about an inch from the edges clear.
• 7 garnish with candied orange peel.