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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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