Orange Cake with Cointreau

Summary

Ingredients

• 250 g butter, soft
• 5 egg (s)
• 200 g suar
• 15 g vanilla suar
• 300 grams flour
• 1 packet baking powder
• 1 pinch (s) salt
• 1 piece (s) orange (s), organic
• 5 tablespoon Cointreau
• 100 g powdered suar
• 1 tablespoon oil for the mold
• 1 tablespoon breadcrumbs for the pan

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Instructions

1. Mix butter, eggs, sugar and vanilla sugar with a mixer or food processor for 2 minutes to a creamy mass. Wash the orange with hot water, dry it and use a grater to scrape off the orange completely and mix this with the flour, baking powder and salt and add to the egg mixture. Add 4 tablespoons of Cointreau and mix for another 2 minutes to form a smooth dough.
2. Brush the springform pan with oil and sprinkle with the breadcrumbs. Pour in the cake batter and bake in the oven preheated to 175 ° C (top / bottom heat) on the lower rail for approx. 40 - 45 minutes.
3. For the glaze, squeeze the orange. Mix 1 tablespoon of orange juice with 1 tablespoon of Cointreau and add enough powdered sugar to make a thick mixture. Cover the cooled cake with the orange Cointreau glaze.