Orange and Ginger Cake

Recipe Credits:

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Ingredients:

Eggs - 4
Sugar - 1-1/2  cups
Refined flour - 2 cups
Salt - a pinch
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Oranges - 2
Butter (melted) - 1 cup


Method:

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and flour a loaf pan.

Separate the egg whites

In a bowl, beat the egg whites to stiff peaks with half of the sugar.

In another bowl, beat the egg yolks and the other half of the sugar until thick and pale in color.

Grate the zest of one orange.

Squeeze out the juice.

Slice the remaining orange into round slices for topping and keep aside.

In a separate bowl, mix the flour, salt, zest and baking powder together.

Fold the flour mixture into the egg yolk mixture (it will have a sandy texture). Then, pour in the melted and cooled butter and the orange juice stirring gently until the butter is just incorporated into the mix.  Finally, carefully fold in the egg whites.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan, top with orange slices and bake for 35-40 minutes or until the point of a knife comes out clean when inserted in the center.

Nutritive value:

Cholesterol - 96.5 kcal
Protein - 10.9 gm
Fat - 26 gm