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Super easy & healthy whole orange loaf cake

5 from 1 vote
A moist, spongy tea- time goody made using whole oranges. So, there's absolutely no waste, no pulping or peeling you will need to do for this yummy, fresh orange cake !
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 8 people
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Calories: 209
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g whole wheat flour
  • 2 seedless whole oranges diced
  • 3 large eggs
  • 70 ml olive oil
  • 100 ml maple syrup/ honey/ light brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt

Equipment

  • Oven

Method
 

  1. In a blender or mixer, blend together the diced oranges, eggs, sugar, olive oil and vanilla essence
  2. In another bowl, sift the flour with the salt, baking powder and soda
  3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet one, gradually, and whisk until the flour doesn't look dry. Do not over mix
  4. Line a greased loaf tin with baking paper and pour in the orange cake mix. Tap it once or twice to release air bubbles and then drizzle the pumpkin seeds over, if using
  5. Bake in a pre-heated oven for 50 minutes at 180°C or until fully cooked
  6. De-mould after 5 minutes and let it cool over a wire rack
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  7. Serve the super easy & healthy whole orange loaf cake as is or with tea/coffee. Enjoy!
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Notes

  • You could also add nuts, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, chocolate chips etc to your orange cake too 
  • The cake tastes best when fresh. However, refrigerate when more than two days old to prevent it from spoiling
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