Made with almond meal, this beautiful whole orange cake is sure to become a baking favourite. Dust with icing sugar to serve.
For a gluten-free whole orange cake made with almond meal, see this recipe.
Ingredients
Method
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.
Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a deep 22cm round cake pan and line base and side with baking paper.
Process the blanched almonds with 2 tbsp of the sugar until finely chopped.
Trim ends off oranges and discard. Halve oranges; remove and discard seeds. Process oranges, including rind, with baking powder until mixture is pulpy.
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 orange almond cake in pan.
Turn orange cake, top-side up, onto serving plate; dust with sifted icing sugar.
What is almond meal?
Also referred to as ground almonds. Nuts are powdered to a coarse flour texture for use in baking or as a thickened agent. Almond meal is a common ingredient in gluten-free cakes.
What are blanched almonds?
These are almonds that have had the brown skins removed.
What to serve with orange almond meal cake
This cake is wonderfully moist and perfect to enjoy on its own or with a cup of tea. If you like, you could serve with a dollop of cream or ice-cream.
More orange cake recipes
For more orange cake recipes, see this collection, which includes cheesecakes, muffins and cupcakes.
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