Iced Orange Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
3 None eggs
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
1 cup buttermilk
2 None oranges, peel grated
1/4 cup orange juice
None None FOR THE ORANGE ICING
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
2 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
1 None orange, peel grated and 1 tbsp juice

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 325\u00b0F. Grease and flour a 9-inch fluted tube pan.
Sift flour, sugar, baking soda and a pinch of salt into a bowl. Mix eggs, butter, buttermilk and orange peel and juice in a medium bowl. Add to dry ingredients and slowly stir until combined. Spoon into prepared pan.
Bake for 1 hour 10 mins, or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 mins. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.
For the icing, place powdered sugar in a heatproof bowl. Stir in butter and orange peel and juice. Place over a saucepan of simmering water and heat, stirring, for 1 min, until smooth. Spoon over cake. Let stand until icing is set.