Gluten Free Orange Drizzle Cake

Steps to make

1. 1

   Prepare syrup

   3 min
   

   In a saucepan, combine 275 g of granulated sugar, the juice and zest from 2 oranges, 500 ml of water. Slowly simmer until sugar has completely dissolved.

2. 2

   Add cinnamon

   5 min
   

   Stir in cinnamon, to your taste then increase the heat to a boil and once boiling, reduce the heat immediately. Stir gently until a syrup forms.

4. 3

   Preheat oven and prepare baking pan

   5 min
   

   Preheat the oven to 180 °C and grease a 20 cm cake pan and line with baking parchment paper.

5. 4

   Combine butter and sugar

   2 min
   

   In a mixing bowl, combine 200 g of butter and 200 g of caster sugar until creamy, light and fluffy.

6. 5

   Add flour and baking powder

   2 min
   

   Sieve 220 g of gluten free plain flour and 2 teaspoons of baking powder and mix to combine.

7. 6

   Add eggs

   2 min
   

   Beat in 4 eggs until everything is well combined into a batter.

8. 7

   Add flavor

   2 min
   

   Stir in the juice and chopped zest pieces from 2 large oranges.

9. 8

   Bake

   25 min
   

   Transfer the batter to the prepared cake pan and bake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes until golden brown.

10. 9

    Drizzle cake

    4 min
    

    Cool on a wire rack placed on top of a baking sheet, to catch any drizzle drippings. Drizzle the prepared orange and cinnamon drizzle over the cake while it is still warm.

11. 10

    Serve

    

    Cool completely before slicing and serving. Enjoy!