Mother's Day orange cake

Being the lovely daughter that I am, I made a cake for Mother's Day (not that I take much persuasion to make a cake). I decided on the orange cake from the new Primrose Bakery Book I bought last week. It leapt into my shopping basket, demanding to be bought. I really had no choice in the matter.

The recipe made a light, fluffy sponge cake. It was a basic Victoria sponge mixture with the grated zest of an orange, nothing too complicated.

The cake looked beautiful, especially with the orange glaze drizzling down the sides. Somehow it makes a cake look even more appealing.

My only complaint is the orange buttercream. It tasted a bit..... odd? Not bad, but odd. Maybe too buttery and not enough icing sugar. I usually taste my icing before using it but for some reason I didn't bother this time. I find unsalted butter a bit strange in general, in fact I often use slightly salted butter in my buttercream and I like the flavour (just don't use it in cooked frosting, it tastes AWFUL.) That's the only thing I would change with the cake.

I also made a little Mother's Day card to go with the cake. It's fun to do a bit of (scruffy) embroidery every so often.

Now I need to turn my attention back to Desperate Housewives on tv. Hope everyone had a great weekend!