Michelle Darmody: How to bake a zesty orange loaf cake and mistakes to avoid

Zesting citrus fruit is a great way to add flavour to your baking.

Oranges, limes and lemons can all be used to great effect.

Sat, 24 Feb, 2024 - 21:08

Michelle Darmody is a baking expert and writer, as well as an award-winning author. Michelle works across food education, sustainability and food policy and has a Doctorate in Culinary Arts.

This is a zesty loaf full of citrus goodness. It lasts a few days in an airtight container but is particularly good on the day it is baked. Zesting citrus fruit is a great way to add flavour to your baking.

Oranges, limes and lemons can all be used to great effect. I have used grapefruit for this recipe as well and it also works quite nicely. If you are substituting the zest for another fruit, you can also substitute the juice to match.