Orange peanut butter cake

Orange peanut butter cake is delicious , crunchy and moist cake with the benefits of orange and peanut butter. It can be iced or can be enjoyed plain with just a drizzle of  orange glaze. For icing you can mix peanut butter with orange juice and sugar. Most easiest cake I have ever baked .... you just need to mix all the ingredients and bake .

                                                                                                                                                                     

Ingredients

Whole wheat Flour     175 gm

Sugar                             175gm

Butter                            50 gm
Refined oil                     50 ml
Crunchy peanut butter  40 gm
Orange zest                   1 tsp
Orange peel                   1 tbsp 
Eggs                              3
Baking powder              1 & 1/2 tsp
Essence                         1 tsp

Method

• Preheat the oven to 160° C.
• Prepare the baking tin by greasing and lining it with parchment paper.
• Sift the flour and baking powder together.
• Beat butter, peanut butter, sugar and eggs .
• Add zest and peel .
• Add essence.
• Add flour mixture and mix until the mixture is smooth.
• pour the mixture in prepared tin and bake in preheated oven for 40 - 50 minutes.
• Add the orange peel chunks to the batter, to do so  remove the white pith and cut the peel into small chunks.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes.

Tips

• To get the  orange flavor  , I  prefer grinding the peel of orange with sugar . Before adding the peel to sugar ,remove the pith (white part) and then grind it .
• For icing mix 50 gm peanut butter to 50 gm of powdered sugar . Add 3 tbsp orange juice and mix well. 
• Can use creamy peanut butter too.