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06-Feb-2021 © Chris Gibbins

Middle Eastern Orange Cake

Put 2 large oranges into a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil and simmer gently for an hour.
Drain and leave to cool. When cool, roughly chop the whole oranges, including the peel, but discarding any pips,
and blend to a creamy paste with 6 eggs in a food processor. Mix 250 g ground almonds, 250 g granulated sugar
and a tsp baking powder in a large bowl, then whisk in the orange-egg mixture. Pour the batter into a greased
and floured springform tin and bake in a 190°C oven for 45 minutes to an hour. Check it is cooked by inserting
a sharp knife, which should come out clean. When cool, remove from the tin, dust with caster sugar and serve
with a dollop of crème fraîche.

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Isabel Cutler30-May-2021 23:46
Made this tonight and it was marvelous. Had to make some adjustments - didn't have 250gm of almond flour but I did have some sliced almonds, so I ground them to make up the additional flour I needed. Didn't have creme fraiche so I served it with vanilla ice cream instead. Baked it for 55 minutes and it was a bit too moist. I think perhaps my oranges were too big! Lovely, easy recipe. Thank you. I will make this again. (By the way, Ina Garten has a non-metric recipe that is very similar to yours, only she simmered the oranges for two hours. I decided that one hour had to be enough!)
Chris Gibbins30-May-2021 17:10
Use the whole orange, including peel, Isabel, discard only the pips. Recipe amended!
Tom LeRoy30-May-2021 09:19
Great food shot making my mouth water. Thanks for the recipe too! V
Isabel Cutler29-May-2021 10:56
Do you peel them first?
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