Easy Moroccan Orange Cake Recipe - Meskouta with Orange Juice

We love Cake but its not so easy to make it at our home in a short time. For you I share with you a simple Moroccan cake recipe..This Moroccan Orange Cake Recipe is quick and easy to make, and delicious without frosting.Meskouta is a Moroccan Arabic word which refers to a traditional Moroccan cake, often one made with either yogurt or orange juice.Lets enjoy and try it..

Ingredients: 

----- Conventional Measures ----- 

• 4 eggs 
• 1 1/2 cups sugar 
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil 
• 2 cups flour 
• 4 teaspoons baking powder 
• 1/2 teaspoon salt 
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice 
• zest from 
• 1 or 2 oranges 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla 

 ----- Traditional Moroccan Measures ----- 

• 4 eggs 
• 1 level soup bowl of sugar 
• 1 tea glass of vegetable oil 
• 1 heaping soup bowl of flour 
• 2 sachets of baking powder 
• pinch of salt 
• 1 tea glass of fresh orange juice 
• zest from 1 or 2 oranges 
• 1 sachet of vanilla sugar

Preparation: 

• Preheat your oven to 350° F (180° C). Grease and flour a tube pan. If using fresh oranges, zest and juice them. 

• With an electric mixer or by hand, beat together the eggs and sugar until thick. Gradually beat in the oil. 

• Stir in the flour, baking powder and salt, and then the orange juice. Beat until smooth, and then mix in the zest and vanilla. 

• Pour the batter into your prepared pan, and bake for about 40 minutes, or until the cake tests done. 

• Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 7 to 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.