Orange and Almond Cake
By Teresa on 15 June 2007 | Viewed 16765 times
Ingredients
125g Butter
Grated rind of 1 orange
1/2C Castor sugar
2 Eggs
125g Packet almond meal
2T Poppy seeds
1C Gluten free flour
1/2C Milk or milk alternative
Orange Syrup
1C Orange juice
1/2C Sugar
Method
Place butter, rind and sugar in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until light and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined. Stir through almond meal and poppy seeds. Stir in 1/2 the flour with 1/4 cup of milk, then the remaining flour and milk. Spread mixture into a greased and lined 20cm round tin. Bake in a moderate oven (180oC) for 40 minutes. Combine syrup ingredients in a saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved, then increase heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove cake from oven, insert a few holes in the cake with skewer. Pour hot syrup over hot cake. Cool cake in tin.
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Nice recipe, simple but yet delicious. I would probably use this recipe at home..
Thank you so much!
Posted by how to make cakes on 30/09/08 at 06:08 PM
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Divine!!
Our visitors who are not GF thought it delicious - just the thing with some lightly whipped cream on the side.
Posted by Crayfish on 10/08/08 at 08:47 PM