Bolo de Laranja — Portuguese Orange Cake

A light, moist orange cake made with whole orange zest and juice, perfect with a cup of coffee.

TIME BREAKDOWN
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 40 min
Total: 55 minutes
Vegetarian
✅
Nuts
❌
Serves
10 people
Difficulty
Very Easy

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 200g caster sugar
  • Zest and juice of 2 oranges
  • 100ml sunflower oil
  • 250g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Butter and flour, for the tin
  • Icing sugar, to dust

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Butter and flour a 23cm ring or round cake tin.

  2. Whisk the eggs and sugar for 5 minutes until pale, thick and tripled in volume.

  3. Beat in the orange zest, orange juice and oil.

  4. Sift in the flour and baking powder and fold in gently until just combined.

  5. Pour into the tin and bake for 35 to 40 minutes until golden and a skewer comes out clean.

  6. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, turn out and dust with icing sugar.