Here’s a simple recipe for another delicious tea cake. It only takes a few minutes to prepare.

Simply: 

• Mix all ingredients in a bowl 
• Add to a cake pan
• Bake
• Ice and enjoy

This mandarin cake can be easily and quickly prepared without the use of a mixer. It has a fluffy texture and is packed with fresh mandarin goodness. Best of all, it really improves in flavour over time.

You’ll need

Ingredients 

Cake 

• 250 grams self raising flour
• 200 grams sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 100 ml milk
• 100 grams melted butter
• Juice of 2 mandarins 

Icing

• 100 grams icing sugar
• Juice of 1 mandarin

Equipment

• Mixing bowl
• Kitchen scales
• Loaf pan

Quick run through

• Add eggs to a large mixing bowl and lightly beat to break up yolks
• Mix in flour, sugar, eggs, milk and butter until a smooth batter is formed
• Add mandarin juice and zest to batter and combine

• Grease loaf pan and spoon in cake batter, bake at 180c/355f for 35 mins
• Mix icing ingredients together in bowl
• Drizzle icing on cake when it is hot out of the oven

Tips & Qs

For optimal results, I recommend measuring ingredients by weight using a food scale, although measuring by volume is also acceptable and commonly used. 

Don’t be a sourpuss, use fresh mandarins! Fresh citrus is the key to making your taste buds do the happy dance. 

Can I zest the mandarin without a zesting tool? 

If you don’t have a special tool, the simplest method to zest is to use a vegetable peeler. Although it’s possible to do it with a knife, you have to be very gentle.

Can I use oil instead of butter?

Yes. Whether you use olive, canola, vegetable, or coconut oil, substituting butter for oil is a great option.

Use 75ml of oil for this recipe instead of butter. 

How to store

The mandarin cake can be kept fresh at room temperature for a maximum of 5 days if stored in an airtight container.

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