Orange almond cake

Serves: 14
Prep: 15
Cook: 40

This gluten free, citrus dessert is a delicious treat the whole family will love, with the classic flavour combination of orange, almond and poppy seeds.

Ingredients

Cake
  • 125g margarine
  • grated rind of 1 orange
  • ½ cup caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 125g almond meal
  • 2 tablespoons poppy seeds (optional)
  • 1 cup gluten-free self-raising flour
  • ½ cup So Good Soy Milk
Orange Syrup
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • ½ cup sugar

Method

  1. Step 1

    Place margarine, rind and sugar in a bowl and mix until light and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined.

  2. Step 2

    Stir through almond meal and poppy seeds. Stir in ½ the flour with ¼ cup of So Good, then add the remaining flour and So Good.

  3. Step 3

    Spread mixture into a greased and lined 20cm round tin. Bake in a moderate oven, 180°C, for 40 minutes.

  4. Step 4

    Combine syrup ingredients in a saucepan. Stir over low-heat until sugar is dissolved, then increase heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove cake from oven; insert a few holes in the cake with skewer. Pour hot syrup over hot cake. Cool cake in tin.

Tips

  • Substitute other varieties of citrus fruit, such as lemons or limes, if you don't have oranges.
  • Make your own caster sugar, by placing raw sugar into a food processor and pulse until the sugar granules become finer.
  • Create a lactose/dairy free dessert by choosing a dairy free margarine.
  • Serve with your favourite yoghurt or créme fraiche.

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