CREAM CHEESE ORANGE CAKE

160 grams butter, softened
100 grams cream cheese, softened
1 cup  sugar
5 eggs
1 1/4 cups self raising flour, sifted
finely grated rind 1 large orange

preheat oven to 150 c.  grease and line bottom of round or ring cake tin.

using an electric mixer, cream butter, sugar and cream cheese until light and fluffy.

add in eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.

fold in flour and rind until well combined.

pour into tin.

cook for approx. 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

ice and decorate.

ORANGE BUTTERCREAM

100 grams butter, softened
100 grams margarine
1/4 teaspoon glucose syrup
250 grams icing sugar
finely grated rind 1 medium orange

using an electric mixer, cream the butter, margarine and glucose until light and fluffy.

add in the rind and icing sugar. beat for 5 minutes.

cut the cake in half and fill with 1/2 the icing.

join the cake back together and ice  the rest of the cake.