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Almond and Orange cake from TasteObsession.com
Start by boiling two oranges simmering for about an hour
Once the whole orange is cooked take them out
The whole orange is pureed as one of the ingredients of the almond and orange cake.
The quality of the oranges is one of the most important things
I have made this recipe numerous times and have found that it is when I am using the
best quality oranges
that I get the best result.
Here I am using some organic oranges from the supermarket
I have used oranges off my mum's tree which turned out great.
I have had poor quality oranges as well and have founfd that it is the orange qulaity
that makes all of the
difference.
Once you have the ingredients lined up it doesn't take a lot of time to put this together
Three large eggs
Castor sugar as this will dissolve more easily into the egg
I am throwing that in reliantly fast
If you only have normal sugar add it slower And beat the eggs for longer
Every so often check to test the feel of the graininess of the sugar
You can feel if it has disolved into the egg or not
Ideally you will feel no grittiness in the egg mixture to know that it is right
You can fold in the other ingredients by hand But if you can do it with a gadget it is always
going to be the preference.
So I am going to fold in the other ingredients. Machine on the lowest setting
First I am adding the almond meal
Followed by the orange puree
A teaspoon of orange blossom water
A teaspoon of baking powder
Once I have added that I need to get it into the oven as quickly as possible
The oven is pre heated to 170 degrees centigrade
Rather than one big orange cake I am making a medium sized and a couple of small almond
and orange cakes.
Grease the cake tins with some spray on oil
Something light that doesn't have any flavour
Into the can, Into the oven
50 to 60 minutes and that is all there is to it.
Oven on 170 degrees centigrade
60 minutes later
good to go And the result
Three lovely Almond and Orange Cakes
I have frozen these to use later.
Orange and Almond Cake from TasteObsession.com