3 Eggs 0.39
150g / 5.2oz Sugar 0.18
120ml Veg Oil 0.24
2 Oranges 0.50
220g / 7.7oz Flour 0.12
2 ½ tsp Baking Powder 0.08

70g / 2.5oz Icing Sugar 0.18

Total Cost 1.69

7 Servings at 0.24 each.


Crack the eggs into a bowl, add the sugar and beat to a light creamy consistency.
Add the veg oil and beat it in.
Zest the orange and squeeze out the juice. Add ¾ of the zest and juice to the mix (Saving the rest for the icing).
Add the flour and baking powder and mix well together.
Put it into a 2lb loaf tin and bake in the oven at 180c / 356f / gas mark 4 for 40 45 mins.

Add the remaining orange zest and juice to the icing sugar and mix to a thick icing.


That's how to make orange cake, a simple and delicious recipe at a real low cost.