Ultra-Orange Cake (Dairy-free, egg-free, vegan)

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I have not cooked this one, but it sounds good. From the terrible edition of The Joy of Cooking where the publishers threw out the heart of the book and put in a bunch of new recipes. It's a perfectly good cookbook. It's not the Joy

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar (decrease by 2 Tb for a less sweet cake)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup orange juice
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 Tb grated orange zest
1 Tb white or cider vinegar
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour, or line with parchment paper, on 8" square pan.

Whisk the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Add the wet ingredients and stir until smooth. Scrape the batter into the pan and spread evenly. Bake until a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes. Slide a thin knife around the cake to detach it from the pan. Invert the cake and peel off the paper liner, if using. Let cool right side up on the rack.