ORANGE CAKE with ORANGE SYRUP (MAYAS)

Ingredients
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 egg white
- ½ cup butter (1 stick) softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- ½ cup light sour cream
- For Orange Syrup -
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 cup orange juice
- 2 tablespoon butter
Directions
- Directions
- For the cake: Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- Beat egg, egg white, butter, sugar and orange peel with electric mixer until smooth and fluffy.
- Stir in orange juice and sour cream. Add flour mixture and mix until smooth.
- Pour into 6-cup (8inch) Bundt pan that has been greased and dusted with flour. Smooth top with spatula.
- Bake at 350 degrees until browned and inserted into center comes out clean about 35 minutes.
- Let cool in pan 10 minutes. Gently invert onto cake rack. Cool completely.
- To serve tent cake with foil and warm in 300 degree oven until just heated through, not hot, about 10 minutes.
- Cut into 1 inch slices and arrange 2 slices overlapping, on each dessert plate.
- For the orange syrup: Bring sugar, orange juice and butter to boil in small saucepan, stirring well.
- Simmer, uncovered until slightly syrupy and reduced to about 2/3 cup, about 8 minutes.
- Serve warm in small pitcher for pouring.

