Orange and Almond Cake
Wherever you call home, you don’t have to stick to the traditional Christmas pudding or desserts, you can branch out! How about bringing a little Spanish flair to your Christmas table this year with my vibrant Orange and Almond Cake. Its delightful sticky and syrupy texture means a little goes a long way…but you will return for more, I can guarantee it! Making this cake will fill your kitchen with the fragrant scent of oranges and sweet almonds. It always puts me in a good mood whilst baking this glistening and sweet cake. Orange and Almond Cake Serves 8 200g/7oz butter 380g/13oz caster sugar 2 oranges, zest and juice of 280g/10oz ground almonds 5 medium organic eggs 100g/3.5oz plain flour, sifted long strips of orange zest to garnish (use the zest from the syrup oranges) For the syrup 2 oranges, juice of 80g/3oz caster sugar 1. Preheat oven to 170ºC/fan 160ºC/Gas 5 and grease and lightly flour a 24cm spring form cake tin. 2. Beat the butter, caster sugar and zest …