- 220g butter
- 220g caster sugar
Ingredients Group 2:
- 4 eggs
- 50g plain flour
Ingredient Group 3:
- 220g ground almonds
- juice and zest of 1 large orange or equivalent (approx. 28cm in diameter)
Method:
- preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius
- grease and line an 8" - 9" cake pan
- with a mixer, mix group 1 ingredients together (until pale yellow)
- add group 2, alternate eggs and flour (starting with egg, ending with flour)
- stir in group 3
- pour into prepared cake pan and leveled with spatula
- bake for an hour*
- Leave cake in pan for 5minutes, then turn cake over onto wire grid to cool
* suggest checking after 30-40 minutes due to different oven. If the top is done but not the middle, use a sheet of foil to cover the pan to prevent the surface from getting burnt. Thereafter, keep checking every 5 - 10 minutes until cake is done - when the sides pull away from the pan.
Garnish: Icing sugar, dessicated coconut, lemon slices, orange slices, chocolate shavings...
Combine with: lemon/orange/flavored whipped cream, flavored mouse
Can try other flavors instead of orange.... like lemon, pineapple, coffee, etc...
