Baking With Booze- Orange Cake With Cointreau

Step 1

Preheat oven to 170°c (338°f)

Step 2

Add baking powder and salt to flour and mix .

Step 3

With a a cake mixer, mix butter and sugar to a creamy mass. This will take approximately 3minutes.

Step 4

Add eggs two at a time and mix on high speed between each addition.

Step 5

Add flour mixture half a cup at a time, cointreau and orange rind.

Step 6

Pour batter into a buttered and floured 30cm loaf pan.

Step 7

Bake for 40minutes or till skewer comes out clean.

Step 8

Mix sugar, orange juice and cointreau together in a sauce pot and bring to a boil.Let it boil for about 10minutes till it turns translucent and the syrup thickens.

Step 9

Poke holes into cake with skewer and pour syrup over cake and top with some orange segments.