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Whole Orange Cake - flourless
Recipe video above. This is a wonderful moist cake that's bursting with orange flavour in a way that you can only achieve using whole oranges - rind and all! Boiling the oranges removes the bitterness from the pith (white part). You still get the fainest whiff of bitterness in the finshed cake - but it's actually pleasant and reminds you that you're eating real oranges!It's a terrific and easy cake that's perfect to take to any gatherings since it's also gluten-free and everyone can eat it. The nutty almond flavour is wonderful, and keeps it ultra-moist.Makes 1 x 23cm 9" cake 4 cm / 1.6" high, or 2 x 20cm/8" cakes 3cm / 1.2" high.
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 35m⏳ Prep: 5 min🔥 Cook: 1h 30m👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●pot
- ●pan
- ●oven
- ●food processor
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Boil oranges:
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Boil ⏱️ 10 minutes: Place oranges in a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil over medium high heat. Boil for ⏱️ 10 minutes and drain.
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3
Repeat x 2: Put oranges back in the pot, cover with cold water and boil again for ⏱️ 10 minutes. Drain, then repeat once more (ie. boil oranges 3 x ⏱️ 10 minutes). Shortcut: Boil ⏱️ 40 minutes without draining, keeping an eye on water level. (Note 4)
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4
Chop: Rinse oranges, then cool slightly so you can handle them. Slice into 1cm / 1/4" slices then dice, removing any seeds. Cool completely.
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Batter:
6
Preheat oven: Preheat oven to 160°C/320°F (140°C fan). Grease and line a 23cm/9" cake pan with baking/parchment paper. (Note 5)
7
Blitz oranges: Place chopped oranges in a food processor (Note 6). Blitz on high for 4 x ⏱️ 10 second bursts, scraping down the sides in between, until it's pureed into a marmalade consistency with only a few visible bits of rind remaining. It does not need to be completely smooth.
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8
Blitz in remaining ingredients: Add almond meal, eggs, baking powder and sugar. Blitz for ⏱️ 5 - 10 seconds on high until combined.
large eggs (, at room temp (Note 2))6
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Bake ⏱️ 60 minutes: Pour into prepared cake pans. Bake ⏱️ 60 minutes until the surface is golden and a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
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Cool: Cool fully in cake pan. Unless using loose base pan, cover surface with baking paper to help you turn it out (cake is sticky so may stick to your hand and tear surface otherwise.)
11
Serve: Decorate as desired - I used slices of fresh oranges, rind strips and sprigs of flowers. A dusting of icing sugar / powdered sugar is also lovely. Cut, then serve! See Note 7 for suggestions.
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Nutrition Facts
calories
268 kcal
fat Content
14 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
4 g
sugar Content
26 g
sodium Content
32 mg
protein Content
8 g
cholesterol Content
82 mg
carbohydrate Content
32 g
saturated Fat Content
2 g
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