Orange Cake with Berries

Today I want to share with you a beautiful cake recipe: Orange Cake with berries.

Perfect ending to a Sunday dinner or whenever you feel like having a special treat, this cake is quite low in syns (3 1/2 per slice) but bursts with flavour.

There it is: :-)

INGREDIENTS: 

Serves 12 - 3 1/2 syns per serving

• 4 eggs
• 50 gr caster sugar
• 150 gr self raising flour
• 5 tbsp sweetener
• 1 tsp baking powder
• juice of 2 oranges
• 2 tbsp of grated orange zest
• berries to serve

FOR THE SYRUP

• juice of 2 oranges
• 1 tbsp arrowroot
• zest of 2 oranges 
• 4 tbsp sweetener
• 90 ml water

METHOD:

• Preheat the oven at 190 C and line a 20cm baking tray with parchment paper.
• Separate the eggs.
• In a bowl mix until thick the egg yolks, flour, sweetener, sugar, baking powder, juice of 2 oranges, and orange zest.
• In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites until they are softly peaked.
• Fold them into the rest of the mixture.
• Spoon the whole mixture into the baking tray and bake in the oven for approx 25/30 mins or till firm to touch.
• In the meantime prepare the syrup by placing all the ingredients in a saucepan.
• Bring to boil and continue whisking till thickened.
• When the cake is fully cooked leave it to cool down in a wire rack for a few minutes.
• Drizzle the syrup over, cut into slices and serve with berries

It's a gorgeous gooey cake that explodes with orange flavours.  It would be lovely to serve it with raspberries but I didn't have any at home... one more excuse to make it again :-)

Let me know if you make it and what you think,

Till next time

xoxo