Orange Almond Cake

Ingredients Group 1:

• 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...