Orange and Lemon Cake - Recipe

A deliciously light and fluffy citrus infused cake using coconut and white flour. This cake is perfect for tea time or birthdays and if you want to keep it low in sugar you can always skip the icing.

Ingredients: 

125g – Butter
125ml – Sunflower oil
15ml – Grated lemon Rind
250ml – White sugar
65ml – Orange juice
100ml – Coconut milk
200ml – Coconut flour
125ml – Flour
3 x Eggs

Icing
30g – Melted butter
375ml – Icing sugar (sieved)
5ml – Lemon grated rind
30ml – Lemon juice

Preheat the oven to 180C 

Mix Butter and sugar until light and fluffy
Mix in eggs one by one.
Stir in the lemon rind and orange juice.
Add the flour and coconut flour, then stir in the coconut milk.
Pour the smooth mixture into a ring pan and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees for 25-30 min.
Allow the cake to slightly cool before popping it out of the pan.

Icing
Mix all ingredients together with the melted butter and stir until smooth.
Pour over the cooled cake.
Decorate with a light dusting of icing sugar and a sprinkle of coconut flakes

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