Orange Cake Without Cream and Cheese

Ingredients

• 4 Eggs
• a pinch of salt
• 10 g Vanilla sugar
• 130 g Sugar
• Zest of 1 Orange
• 90 g Orange juice
• 30 ml Vegetable oil
• 160 g Flour
• 30 g Starch
• 7 g Baking powder
• Zest of 2 Oranges
• Juice of 3 Oranges (~250 ml)
• 120 g Sugar
• 35 g Cornstarch
• 200 ml cold water
• 1 can of mandarins
• 250 g Butter at room temperature

Method

1. Separate the eggs and add the orange juice to the egg yolks.
2. Beat the egg yolks with vanilla sugar and sugar until frothy.
3. Add vegetable oil, orange zest, flour, starch, and baking powder and mix everything.
4. Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff and fold it into the batter.
5. Bake the sponge cake until it is golden brown and cooked through.
6. For the cream, mix orange zest, orange juice, sugar, cornstarch, and cold water in a pot.
7. Heat the mixture while stirring until it thickens.
8. Let the cream cool and stir in the soft butter.
9. Add the mandarins to the cream and mix everything well.
10. Spread the cream over the cooled sponge cake.