Sweet, soft and amazingly orangey orange almond cake. You’ll be doing well to stick to just one slice of this!
I’m a massive fan of citrusy cakes. My lime and coconut cake with coconut icing is one of my favourites. However, I’m avoiding wheat at the moment. This was a bit of an issue last weekend as I wanted to make a gorgeous cake to have after our Father’s Day steak. Thankfully I had an enormous bag of ground almonds in so decided to use these as my cake base.
People have been using almonds in their baking for centuries and it makes total sense. Even though this delicious bake is wheat free, it is up there with some of my favourite cakes. Full of gorgeous zesty orange flavour and the polar opposite of dry, this is a cake that everybody will love. Whether they are avoiding wheat or not.
I use a springform cake tin to bake this cake. The batter is very runny so I always place the tin on a baking sheet just in case. I once had a very small amount of batter leak out but that’s as bad as it gets, and a springform tin makes the removal of the finished cake so much easier.
This orange almond cake does come with a warning though. It is so quick and easy to throw together, and so gorgeous, that you could easily end up mixing one up a bit too often.
Once you have zested and pureed the oranges you just beat the eggs with the sugar and flavourings, stir in the whizzed up oranges and ground almonds, pour the mixture into the tin then whack it in the oven. 40 minutes later your kitchen smells amazing and you are taking your first slice, even though the cake is still steaming. See the problem?
Orange Almond Cake
Ingredients
- 2 medium oranges
- 6 eggs
- 250 g (1¼ cups) caster (superfine) sugar
- 1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract
- 250 g (2 cups) ground almonds (almond meal/flour)
- Pinch salt
- 1/3 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 2/3 teaspoon cream of tartar*
- 2 handfuls of flaked almonds
- Icing sugar (for dusting)
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 190°C.
- Grease and line a 20cm, deep-sided cake tin.
- Zest the oranges into a large bowl.
- Peel the oranges, and place the flesh into a blender** (discarding the pips and pith). Blend until you have a smooth consistency.
- Add the eggs, sugar and vanilla to the orange zest and whisk until the sugar has dissolved into the egg mixture. Add the orange pulp and whisk again.
- Add the ground almonds, pinch of salt and raising agents and mix until all the ingredients are well combined. Pour the mixture into the lined tin and scatter over the flaked almonds.
- Place in the oven and bake for about 40–50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. The cake should be golden on top.
- Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack. Dust with icing sugar to serve.
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Hi Anna, would this recipe work with using sweetener in place of sugar?
I tried this.. It came out so well. Perfectly moist, yummy and soft.
Guys, Thanks For sharing this Great Recipe. My Family Loved it. I am definitely sharing this recipe and this website with my friend. Hope they also love it. Thank you again for sharing such a great recipe.
Didn’t turn out well. Unfortunately was too eggy and too sweet.
Hi Amy. I’m really sorry this did not turn out well for you. I agree, it is a very sweet cake. I absolutely love it that way but I do see how you might have found it too sweet. I’ve never tried it but you could try reducing the sugar by 1/3. If it turned out too eggy it could be that your oven temperature was slightly too low so if you do try it again then try cranking up the heat by 10 degrees as all ovens vary a little bit. I hope that helps. Anna x
Your Orange and Almond Cake looks so delicious! It’s perfect for summer with the light and lovely flavours. Shared on the Hearth and Soul Facebook page. Thank you for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Hope you are having a lovely weekend!
Thank you! Glad you like it – I agree it’s perfect in this beautiful hot weather we are enjoying!
This is such a delicious and beautiful looking Cake.I love the colours and your photos!Pinned. Thanks for sharing #CookBlogShare
Thank you – glad you like it – a cake that looks good and tastes good. What’s not to like?!
Oh my goodness – this looks incredible!!! So up my street. I adore anything with orange or almonds in it, so both together is my idea of cake heaven!! Eb x
Thank you so much… Glad you like it!