What to serve

… with the Orange Cake

A slice of cake is very nice but I'm serving it as an after supper treat for friends.

The Orange Cake is moist – moist is good but, to use the northern vernacular, it can be claggy. So, as I would make extra “drizzle” to serve with a lemon drizzle cake lets make an orange syrup (or drizzle if you prefer)

Orange Syrup

200g icing sugar

250ml orange juice (no bits)

Put the sugar and orange juice in a small saucepan and heat gently so that the sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat and simmer on a low heat for 10 minutes.

You'll then have a syrupy drizzle ready to dress your cake.

Here's a photo of the one that I made earlier :

and it works brilliantly. If you wanted to add another element then why not the white miso or plain vanilla ice cream (there are recipes for both of these, both no-churn, on the blog).

I suppose I should point out that this is what I would call a weekend pud – when you're in need of a treat or just good old fashioned comfort food!