Orange One Egg Cake

Having a generous neighbour who has a couple of orange trees in her garden (thats California for you) means I often get bags of this delicious fruit left on my doorstep. As a thank you I always make baked goods to gift back 

This recipe comes from my family kitchen and hails from around the mid 1940s when.. due to rationing.. one egg cakes were very popular It tastes very good but its a heavy cake..dense and very crumbly when first cut, but does seem to get more moist as days go by.

You could put on an orange icing glaze.. but we like it as it is.. especially when served with a nice cuppa

2 cups all-purpose flour
2-½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/3 cup shortening
1-¼ cups granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. grated orange peel
1 cup orange juice

• Preheat oven to 350 F degrees
• Grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan
• In the large bowl of an electric mixer, cream the shortening, sugar, egg, and orange peel.
• Add the dry ingredients alternately with the orange juice, beating well after each addition.
• Begin and end with dry ingredients.
• Pour batter into a greased loaf pan
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 45-50 minutes or until cake tests done when a tester is inserted in the centre
• Cool in the pan on a wire rack