Orange and almond cake recipe

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Batia Slater shares this easy orange and almond cake recipe with Food Safari's Maeve O'Meara. Flourless Orange and Almond Cake is a classic Passover dessert drawing on the Sephardic traditions of Morocco, the Mediterranean and the Middle East (where citrus was more available).

Ingredients

2 oranges
6 eggs
250g caster sugar
250g almond meal
1tsp baking powder
Extra caster sugar for dusting before baking
Icing sugar for dusting after baking
Margarine or oil spray (for greasing the pan)

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Preparation

Wash oranges and place unpeeled, in a pot of boiling water for 2 hours. Drain the water and allow the oranges to cool. This can be done ahead of time.

Preheat oven to 190°C.

Break 6 eggs into a mixing bowl or blender. Add caster sugar and beat or blend together.
Place the two oranges into the egg mix. Break up the oranges and then blend together to a smooth consistency. Add the almond meal and baking powder and blend.

Grease a 20 cm spring form baking pan with margarine (or vegetable oil spray) and dust with caster sugar.

Pour batter into the pan and sprinkle caster sugar on top and bake for 1 hour to an hour and a half or until the top is golden brown.

Dust with icing sugar to serve.

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06 Mar 2012 03:25 AEST
LizzieM
Ascot
delicious and moist
So easy to make. Instead of boiling for 2 hours, put the 2 oranges in a bowl with a plate over the top and microwave on high for 12 to 13 mins. Process the oranges with all the liquid in the bottom of the bowl.
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06 Mar 2012 11:43 AEST
Nette
Kinglake
Fantastic
I read the comments. Changed the water after 1 hour, segmented the oranges when cool and gently scraped the pith before squishing. Made one with Navel oranges and one with Valencia. I am now very popular with my daughter (birthday cake), my husband and my workmates!
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04 Mar 2012 06:06 AEST
tinaD
NT
Boil oranges 2-3 times
I have made this before with 3 mandarines and was lovely, but definately should boil for a half hour and then refresh the water, even do this twice, with total boil time of 2 hrs. It gets rid of the bitterness factor. Also nice with 3/4 can of cocunut milk and 1/3 cup of toasted cocunut, for added indulgence, and still very healthy! (reduce sugar to 200g,) and dust tin with the castor sugar- as well as on batter before cooking- ad tin foil over cake at 30mins to reduce burn factor on top. Yum
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29 Feb 2012 05:22 AEST
Ashvini
Malaysia
Burned but still beautiful!
My cake turned out fine, except for getting a little too brown on the top, but I'm going to cover it with foil and give it a go! Even with the browning on top, the cake was gorgeous! Thanks!
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27 Feb 2012 07:03 AEST
Jan
Burpengary
Orange Almond Cake
My daughter is getting married in two weeks and she doesn't want a 'wedding cake' A number of guests have a variety of dietary requirements, this will be the top tier, hope icing will go OK with it, maybe ganach. Bottom is Missississippi Mud. (will sneak a fruit cake in too) Thanks to all for their tips. Wish me luck.
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25 Feb 2012 09:54 AEST
Stella
Durango, Colorado USA
Replace with Clemintines
I have the same recipe however I did use clementines instead. I would like more Gluten Free Recipes
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18 Feb 2012 11:53 AEST
Kiki
Zetland
Little adjustments, now its perfect.
I made this cake 3 times. I have now perfected the cake by making sure I use oranges that are not too large (large naval oranges makes the cake too moist) and reduced the sugar to 200 grams. It's totally sweet enough. Served with a little mascaporne and blue berries on the side, heavenly.
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17 Feb 2012 06:51 AEST
Danny
Parramatta
Terrible!
My wife just made this, and it tasted terrible! She spent a lot of time and effort for a cake that was disappointing and just too much work. Definitely won't be doing that again. Boiling the WHOLE orange????? Even after 2 hours it was bitter.
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