Dessert

Orange and almond cake

This orange and almond cake is perfect for afternoon tea.
moist whole orange cake
10
2H 40M

Ingredients

Moist whole orange cake

Method

Moist whole orange cake

1.Place washed unpeeled oranges in a medium saucepan. Cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Boil, covered, 30 minutes; drain. Repeat process with fresh water, boil about 1 hour or until oranges are tender; cool.
2.Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a deep 22cm round cake pan and line base and side with baking paper.
3.Process the blanched almonds with 2 tbsp of the sugar until finely chopped.
4.Trim ends off oranges and discard. Halve oranges; remove and discard seeds. Process oranges, including rind, with baking powder until mixture is pulpy.
5.Beat eggs and remaining sugar in medium bowl with electric mixer about 3 minutes or until fluffy and paler in colour. Fold in almond mixture, ground almonds, flour and orange pulp. Pour mixture into pan. Bake about 1 hour. Cool cake in pan.
6.Turn cake, top-side up, onto serving plate; dust with sifted icing sugar.

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