Dessert

Orange and Almond Cake is for Dessert.

Orange and Almond Cake takes 40 minutes to prepare.

Orange and Almond Cake takes 80 minutes to cook.

Orange and Almond Cake makes 1 servings.

The ingredients for Orange and Almond Cake are:

2 large navel oranges, (choose oranges with unblemished skins as the whole fruit is used in this recipe)
5 eggs
1 1/4 cups (250g) golden caster sugar
2 1/2 cups (250g) ground almonds
1 tsp gluten-free baking powder*
Pure icing sugar to serve

Here is how you make Orange and Almond Cake:

Preheat oven to 170?C. Grease and line the base of a round cake form.Place the two whole oranges in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to the boil and simmer, covered, for 1 hour, ensuring that the oranges remain covered with water. Drain and cool. Alternatively, microwave for 20 minutes. Chop the oranges into quarters, discard any seeds, then place the chunks into a blender and puree until smooth.Beat the eggs with the sugar until thick, then add the orange puree, ground almonds and baking powder and mix well.Pour into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour. Leave the cake to firm up in the pan for 20 minutes then turn out, remove the baking paper and turn over to finish cooling right way up. This cake can be prepared up to 48 hours in advance.To serve, sift icing sugar on top and decorate with orange zest and almonds.Serving Size: 16 slicesNumber of Servings: 1Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MISSYWOMBAT.

The nutritional information for Orange and Almond Cake is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 1
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 2,042.0

• Total Fat: 73.5 g
• Cholesterol: 925.0 mg
• Sodium: 838.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 313.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 20.0 g
• Protein: 54.7 g

The dietary needs meet for Orange and Almond Cake is Gluten Free