Orange Yogurt Cake

Ingredients

Flour (maida) - 2 cups
Baking powder - ½ tsp
Butter - ¾ cup
Sugar - 1 ½ cup
Eggs – 3
Yougurt - ½ cup
Orange juice - ½ cup
Orange zest - 1 tbsp
Vanilla essence - ½ tsp
Salt - ¼ tsp

Preparation

Add baking powder to the flour sieve twice
sprinkle orange zest in the flour and keep aside.
Powder the sugar and mix well with soft butter.
Separate egg yolks and white.
Add the yolks and salt to the butter sugar mixture
beat to a silky consistency.
Beat egg whites to its peak and keep aside.
Add yogurt, orange juice and vanilla essence
spoon by spoon and whisk well.
Fold in the egg whites .
Now spoon by spoon add in
flour and baking powder mixture.
Grease the baking pan with butter and dust with flour.

Pre heat the oven at 180 .
Bake the cake for 45 to50 minutes.
After 45 minutes insert a skewer and
if the skewer comes out clean, the cake
is done. If it is sticky keep again in the oven for
few more minutes.
Let the cake pan cool on the wire mesh for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes remove from the pan
And brush it with orange glaze.

Orange glaze

Orange juice -3 tbsp
Sugar - 6 tbsp
Rum -1 tsp
Butter - ½ tsp
Mix sugar in orange juice and keep on low flame.
Take out from flame and immediately add rum and butter.
Brush the glaze on the cake for sweet and golden colour.