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mandarin cake

Best ever mandarin cake

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Baking
Servings 12 slices

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 500 g butter
  • 500 g caster sugar
  • 8 eggs
  • 500 g self raising flour
  • 200 ml mandarin juice you can also use orange juice

Icing

  • 250 g icing mixture
  • 50 ml mandarin juice or orange juice

Instructions
 

  • Cream butter and sugar until ribbons form.
  • Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly, between each.
  • Add flour all at once and slowly add the orange juice until blended.
  • Pour into a 30 cm lined springform cake tin. (if you only have a regular spring form tin you may have a bit too much mixture. If you do, use some in mini loaf tins or cupcake tins)
  • Cook for one hour at 170C. (Always check with a skewer.)
  • Leave on rack to cool.
  • Make icing then spread in top.