Almond Cake

Ingredients

• soft butter (for the baking pan)
• soft breadcrumbs (for the baking pan)
• 250 g soft butter
• 300 g sugar
• a pinch of salt
• 1 untreated orange (juice and zest)
• 4 eggs
• 250 g flour
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 250 g ground almonds
• 80 ml milk
• powdered sugar (for dusting)
• 2 oranges
• 1 lemon
• 0.5 cinnamon stick
• 40 ml orange liqueur
• 50 g sugar

Instructions

1. 1.

   Preheat the oven to 160°C fan-forced. Grease a springform pan with butter and line with breadcrumbs.

2. 2.

   Beat the butter with 250 g sugar until pale and creamy. Stir in salt, orange juice and zest. Gradually add eggs while mixing. Combine flour, baking powder and 200 g almonds, then alternate adding this mixture with milk into the egg-butter base until a smooth, thick batter forms. Pour into prepared pan, level the surface, and bake for about 1 hour (test with a skewer). Mix remaining almonds with the rest of the sugar, sprinkle over the cake in the last ~10 minutes to brown slightly. Remove from oven and cool.

3. 3.

   For the sauce, squeeze juice from oranges and lemon, then simmer with cinnamon, orange liqueur and sugar until thickened about 5 minutes. Strain through a fine sieve and let cool.

4. 4.

   Release the cake from the pan, cut into pieces, and serve in bowls topped with the citrus sauce.