ORANGE THAI BUTTER ROYAL CAKE
Serving: 8-inch square tin.
This version uses ONLY natural ingredients—no artificial orange paste, no colouring, no syrup.
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🍊 Orange Thai Royal Butter Cake (Natural Strong Orange Version)
Ingredients
A. For the Cake
Unsalted butter – 150 g (room temp, soft)
Fine sugar – 150 g
Eggs – 3 large
Cake flour – 150 g
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Salt – ⅛ tsp
Freshly reduced orange juice – 80 ml
Orange zest – 2 tbsp (from 2–3 oranges)
Vanilla – ½ tsp
Optional (natural booster): Orange marmalade – 1 tbsp
🍊 How to Make Strong Natural Orange Juice Concentrate
(Do this first)
1. Squeeze 120 ml fresh orange juice (from 2–3 oranges).
2. Pour into a small pot.
3. Simmer on low heat until it reduces to 80 ml.
4. Let cool completely before adding to the cake.
💡 This step intensifies the flavour without artificial ingredients.
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🍊 How to Infuse the Butter With Orange Aroma
This boosts fragrance dramatically.
1. Take 150 g butter (soft).
2. Add 1 tbsp of the zest into the butter.
3. Mix roughly.
4. Let it sit 15–30 minutes.
The citrus oils infuse into the fat → richer aroma.
(You will add the remaining 1 tbsp zest later.)
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🧡 Instructions
1. Prepare
1. Preheat oven to 160°C (fan) or 170°C (no fan).
2. Line and grease your 8-inch square tin.
3. Sift cake flour + baking powder + salt together.
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2. Creaming Step
1. Beat zest-infused butter + sugar for 5–7 minutes until pale and fluffy.
2. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.
3. Add vanilla + the remaining 1 tbsp orange zest.
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3. Add Dry & Wet Ingredients
1. Add the flour mixture in 3 portions.
2. Alternate with the 80 ml concentrated orange juice.
3. If using it, add 1 tbsp orange marmalade during the wet addition.
⚠️ Mix gently. Do not overbeat or the cake will be dense
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4. Bake
1. Pour batter into the pan, level the top.
2. Bake 45–55 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
3. Let cool completely.
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⭐ Why This Version Tastes Extra Orangey (Naturally)
✔ 2 tbsp fresh zest → strongest natural citrus aroma
✔ Butter infusion → oils from zest spread through the whole cake
✔ Reduced orange juice → concentrated, deeper flavour
✔ Optional marmalade → natural peel oils + moisture
✔ No artificial colour or paste
This cake will taste bright, floral, and intensely orange even without syrup.
