Madhouse recipe : Orange Drizzle Cake

I often make Lemon Drizzle Cake but when I saw Paula Deen's recipe for Orange Brownies, I was intrigued. I was hoping for something bursting with orange fruitiness and deliciously gooey but I was a bit underwhelmed. I'm not sure if was down to using different flour to the American version of the original recipe or a problem with cooking times (I halved the quantities and halved the cooking time but it was totally liquid so I added an extra 10 minutes but then it came out more as a cake than brownie consistency). It was ok but we found it a bit bland, and the orange extract gave it a slightly bitter flavour, especially in the outer crust.

Orange Drizzle Cake

ingredients :

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup plain flour

1tsp baking powder

1tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter, softened

2 eggs

1tsp orange extract

1tsp orange zest

1/2 cup icing sugar

1tbsp orange juice

Preheat the oven to 180°.

Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.

Add the eggs and butter and beat with a fork or whisk.

Mix in the orange extract and zest.

Transfer to a greased brownie pan or cake tin.

Bake for 20 minutes and test with a skewer. Try not to overcook it though - aim for a brownie consistency so slightly undercooked is the way to go.

Mix together the orange juice and the icing sugar and drizzle over the top.