Method:
- Start by filling a small saucepan with boiling water then place a whole orange in the pan. Leave to boil on low heat for 40 minutes before roughly chopping it up - skin and all.
- Preheat the oven to 180C (350F), then grease a loaf tin or round cake pan. Alternatively, grease two small six-inch cake tins for a sandwiched finish.
Make two sponges with the option of sandwiching them together with a buttercream filling
- In a mixing bowl, combine the self-raising flour, caster sugar, bicarbonate of soda, and baking powder, then set aside.
- Take a separate bowl and mix the plant milk and apple cider vinegar, then add the vegetable oil. Gradually pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
- Add in the chopped orange and blitz with a stick blender until combined. Next, pour the batter into the cake tins and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Allow a few minutes for the cakes to cool once removed from the oven, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely, out of their tins.
- Make the orange glaze by boiling 100ml of fresh orange juice with 60g of sugar until a syrup forms, stirring constantly. Layer one sponge with vanilla buttercream on top, then top with the second sponge.
- Glaze the boiled syrup all over the top and garnish with a fresh orange slice.