ORANGE-WALNUT BUNDT CAKE:

Yields 16 serving

prep time: 20 minutes

cooking time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

• 175gm  butter, softened
• 90gm (1 dl) caster sugar
• 135gm (1& 1/2 dl) brown sugar
• 3 large eggs, room temperature
• 300gm (5dl)  all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder 
• 250 ml (2 & 1/2)  sour cream 
• 1 large orange zest 

for walnut swirl:

• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 2tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon 
• 1 1/2 tsp ground cardamom 

for glaze:

• 2 tbsp softened cream cheese 
• 1 cup powdered sugar 
• orange juice 1-2 tbsp 

Instructions :

1. For the cake, grease and flour a bundt pan and set aside. Preheat oven to 175° celsius .

2.for walnut swirl: Add all ingredients of swirl in a small bowl. mix well and set aside.

3.for Bundt cake: In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and sour cream and beat well. finally fold in  orange zest  and beat until smooth and fluffy.

4.Assembling :Pour half of the cake batter into a large greased bundt pan. Sprinkle the walnut sugar mixture over the batter. Top with the remaining cake batter. and with knife make a swirl.

5.Bake for 55-60 minutes until browned. Allow to cool in pan about 10 minutes, then flip onto a cooling rack and cool completely.

6. for glaze: For the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar, 2 Tbsp cream cheese and orange juice. Add more juice if needed to get desired consistency. Drizzle over cooled cake. garnish with caramelised orange slices Store covered at room temperature. ENJOY.