ORANGE CAKE WITH FROSTING

Simple Orange Cake

hi, i made this cake actually quite some time back and i dont know why i never posted it up. This is supposed to be a easy moist lemon cake but i replaced that with oranges and if you ask me, is it really moist? it is an 'okay' cake..average. It's simple and quick, just dump everything together into your mixing bowl and mix till well incorporated and that's it. I also made some orange frosting to go along with this cake, so if you find that the cake has lost its moisture after putting in the fridge, eating that with a little frosting will be a little better, ha! I halved the original recipe but i forgot what was the size of the pan i used..if i remember it correctly, it should be 8" square pan, i apologise for that because i didnt make any notes but i remember this is quite a short cake  ( the original recipe uses a 9" square pan) .

Original Recipe ( from Cakes by Rachel lane/Carla Bardi)
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups ( 225gm) all purpose flour
3/4 cup ( 150gm) sugar
3 large eggs
1/2 cup ( 125 gm) butter, softened
1/3 cup ( 90ml) milk
1 tsbp finely grated orange zest
11/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Orange frosting

11/2 cups ( 225gm) icing sugar
2 tbsps butter ( or more until desired consistency)
2 tbsps freshly squeezed orange juice
2 tbsps shredded( dessicated) coconut ( i omitted this)

1. Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Lightly grease a 9" square pan.
2.To prepare the cake, beat the flour, sugar, eggs, butter, milk, orange zest, baking powder and salt in a large bowl with an electric mixer at low speed until well blended. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat until pale and thick, about 3-4 minutes. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
3.Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool the cake completely in the pan on a rack. ( my batter is quite little in a 8 " pan due to half the recipe, so i baked for about 25-30 minutes in my oven at 160C)
4. To prepare the frosting, beat the icing sugar and butter in a medium bowl. Beat in enough orange juice to make a spreadable frosting. Spread the cake with the frosting and sprinkle with coconut.