Inspired by the yummy orange and
almond cake watching in food tv last week, I thought I’d attempt to bake
an orange and almond cake myself. Orange and almonds are a great combination. I use fresh orange zest and
orange juice in the batter for the flavour. This adds natural sweetness and
also enhances the orange aroma, I also
use ground almonds in the recipe for a very interesting texture.The almond flavour with a hint of orange makes the cake moist and tasty with good texture If you like zesty oranges, this is
the cake for you! Everyone in my home loved
this cake, it was a hit! The cake makes a simple and comforting Tea cake for
your evening time with your hot cup of Tea/coffee!
Ingredients
All Purpose Flour-
1-1/2 cups
Almond Meal (Badam Powder)- 1/2
cup
Condensed Milk -400gms
Fresh orange juice-
1/2 cup
Butter - 50
grams
Baking soda-1/2 tsp
Baking powder -1tsp
Vannillaextract-1 tsp
Almond essence-1/2 tsp
Badam (Almond)- 1
cup(sliced or blanched)
Orange zest-1/2 cup
Method:
1 Pre-heat an oven to 180 degree C, line a cake
pan and grease/line with parchment.
2. Sift the flour with baking soda, salt and baking powder
and add Almond meal.
3. Cream the butter and condensed milk, vanilla extract ,
almond essence and orange zest and juice together in a mixing bowl beat
lightly.
4.Start adding above the flour mixture little by little. and
chopped almond in the liquid. Make sure that everything is mixed well.
5. Once all the flour has been mixed check the batter
consistency .Pour the batter into a greased, lined mould. Sprinkle chopped
almonds.
6. Bake for 30 mins or or till the wooden stick comes out
clean. cool the cake for a few minutes and it is ready to be served.
7. Enjoy the Eggless Orange Almond Cake with hot chai/coffee!