Pride Of Andalusia

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 ounces butter, softened
• 7 ounces caster sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 4 ounces ground almonds
• 2 ounces self-raising flour, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 medium oranges
• 4 tablespoons marmalade or 4 tablespoons crabapple jelly
• 2 teaspoons water

Recipe

• 1 preheat overn to 150°c.
• 2 butter a 18-19cm cake tin, not a loose based one.
• 3 scrub oranges to remove any wax. slice oranges very thinly (do not peel). remove any pips.
• 4 whisk butter with 6 oz suger until fluffy.
• 5 add eggs one by one.
• 6 stir in almonds, flour and salt.
• 7 sprinkle remainder of sugar on the base of the cake tin. using the most perfect slices of orange, arrange them overlapping a lot on the base of the cake tin. use up slightly more than a third of the slices.
• 8 spread a third of the cake mixture onto the oranges.
• 9 add another layer of the orange slices.
• 10 spread another layer of cake mix.
• 11 layer of orange slices.
• 12 spoon on remaining cake mix.
• 13 bake for 2 hours (approximately) until the top is dark brown. ease the cake out of the tin and turn out the cake onto a plate and allow to cool. the orange slices will now be on the top of the cake.
• 14 melt the marmalade/jelly with the water and spread over the top of the cake. leave to cool.
• 15 slice with a sharp knife to serve.
• 16 soured cream or creme fraice is good as an accompaniment.