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Step 1

Preheat your oven to 350° F.

Step 2

Grease and sugar a standard size loaf pan.

Step 3

With an electric mixer or by hand, beat together the eggs and sugar until thick. Gradually beat in the oil.

Step 4

Stir in the flours, baking powder and salt, and then the orange juice. Beat until smooth, and then mix in the vanilla.

Step 5

Pour the batter into your prepared pan, and bake for about 50 minutes, or until the cake tests done.

Step 6

While the cake is in the oven, prepare the syrup.

Step 7

Heat the juice in a small saucepan and add the sugar. Stir until dissolved and let thicken until slightly syrupy (but not too thick)

Step 8

Take the cake out of the oven and pour the syrup on top immediately. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.