Buttery Orange Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

250 g unsalted butter, softened, chopped
1 1/4 cups caster sugar
4 eggs
1/3 cup self raising flour
3/4 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons boiling water

Preparation

Preheat oven to moderate (180oC/160oC fan-forced). Grease a deep 22-23cm round cake pan, line the base with baking paper.
Beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and creamy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined between additions. Fold in the sifted flour, then the juice and boiling water.
Spread the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour or until the cake is cooked when tested with a skewer. Stand the cake for two minutes before tuning onto a wire rack to cool.
Dust with sifted icing sugar if desired.