Orange And Almond Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 eggs, seperated
• 2/3 cup superfine sugar
• 2 oranges, zest of
• 2 oranges, juice of
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 cup almonds, ground (without the skin!)
• 1/4 cup self rising flour
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 teaspoons superfine sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 grease and line the bottom of a deep 7-inch (18 cm) round pan.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 f/ 180°c.
• 3 whisk the egg yolks with with the sugar and lemon zest, until very thick and light in color.
• 4 mix the orange and lemon juice and add with the ground almonds to the egg mix (it will be very runny at this point).
• 5 fold in the flour.
• 6 whisk the whites stiff and fold into the batter.
• 7 fill batter into the pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown and springy to the touch.
• 8 cool in pan for 10 minutes.
• 9 remove from pan and let cool on rack.
• 10 the cake might sink a bit at this point, this is normal.
• 11 whip the cream with the orange zest, the 2 tsp sugar and cinnamon.
• 12 once the cake is cold, cover with the freshly toasted almond slices and dust with confectioners' sugar.