Cheesy Orange Cake (Santra aur paneer ka cake)

Ingredients

• Oven temp: 350 F- 180 C
• 325 F- 160 C
• Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese) grated 200 g (2 cups, lightly packed)
• Maida (Refined flour) 180 g (1 ½ cups)
• Fresh Orange juice ¾ cup
• Lemon juice 2 tbsp
• Baking powder 2 tsp
• Vanilla ½ tsp
• Sugar 1 cup (240 g)
• Salt ½ tsp
• Orange rind 2 tsp or ½ tsp dried
• Eggs 3
• A 9” round or 8” square tin, greased and dusted with flour or lined with grease proof paper
• Marmalade to cover the top of the cake

Preparation

• Mix together, the paneer, maida, orange juice, baking powder, vanilla, sugar and orange rind.

• Beat till smooth and glossy. Add the eggs and beat again.

• When smooth, transfer the mixture into the prepared tin, level it from the center and bake in a pre-heated oven for 10 minutes over the higher heat, then lower the heat and bake for another 25-30 minutes.

• When cool, remove from the tin and transfer on to a serving dish. Spread a layer of marmalade over and serve.