Laila my daughter wanted to have a cake, and she kept on pestering me for it since yesterday. And when she mentioned it again this morning, I know I have to make it for her. After lunch, I took the butter out of the fridge. While resting, I suddenly have the urge to make that macaroons that I failed doing about a month ago. So I asked my youngest daughter to ask her sister whether she would consider making macaroons instead of a cake. She's always in her room upstairs you see, like any other teenage girls. The response was - no, it has to be a cake, and it has to be an orange cake!
So at about 3.30pm, I called her down to the kitchen, and made her help me with the preparation for the cake which include making the orange zest, orange juice, reading the recipe which I got from http://www.exclusivelyfood.com.au (called lemon and orange cake), and help me wash the utensils :D I just bought a pack 0f oranges at Tesco yesterday, and today it went down to only 1 orange! The zest was enough but not the juice. So I topped it up with a bit of orange flavoring (about 1/2 teaspoon).
After about 50 minutes, the cake was done. Everybody was eagerly waiting to taste the cake and fortunately the cake came out great. It could've been better if I have more oranges or lemon so I could make the lemon orange glaze or citrus icing as the recipe mentioned and pour it onto the warm cake. But hey, Laila loved it, and so did my husband. I am happy.
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