Orange drizzle cake

Ingredients

• 175g caster sugar
• 175g butter (softened)
• 3 eggs
• 175g self raising flour
• 20g ground almonds
• 1 tsp baking powder
• juice and rind of 2 oranges
• for the drizzle:
• 1/2 juice from above
• 4 tbsp sugar

1. grease and line a standard tea-loaf tin and pre heat the oven to 180C
2. cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, gradually beat in the flour, baking powder and eggs until combined
3. finally beat in the ground almond, orange rind and about half the juice careful not to let the mix curdle
4. smooth the mix into the loaf tin and bake for approx 45 mins until golden and a skewer comes out clean
5. Dissolve the sugar in the remaining orange juice remove the cake from the oven and prick all over with the skewer then drizzle the juice mix over the cake. allow to cool slightly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely