Flourless Almond Orange Cake
Regular white flour is replaced with almond flour in this Flourless Almond Orange Cake which creates a soft moist and fluffy cake texture with rich orange flavour (and as an added bonus is also gluten-free)
Servings: 9 pieces
Ingredients
- 1 whole orange
- 125g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 125g almond meal
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Mascarpone for serving or vegan yoghurt
Orange Syrup
- 125ml cooking liquid from the orange
- 1 tbsp honey
- 80g lightly toasted almond flakes
Instructions
- Place a whole orange (skin on) in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to the boil, cover with a lid, and turn to simmer for 40 minutes. Drain orange, reserving 125ml of the cooking liquid.
- Once the orange has cooled, cut into chunks then blend into a puree with either a hand blender or food processor. Keep aside.
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 20cm square cake tin.
- Whip sugar and eggs until very light and fluffy. Gently fold in almond meal, baking powder, and orange puree until well combined.
- Pour batter into the cake tin and bake in the oven for 50 - 60 minutes. Test cake by skewering the center with a clean metal skewer. If it comes out clean and dry then the cake is cooked.
- For the syrup: Combine the orange liquid and honey in a small saucepan. Bring to boil then turn to simmer and cook down until reduced by half and thickened.
- Combine orange honey syrup with toasted almonds and spread evenly over the cake.
- Serve with a dollop of cold mascarpone cream or vegan yoghurt.