Orange and Almond Cake Recipe - Great British Chefs

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 150˚C/gas mark 2

Step 2

Place the oranges in a pot and cover with water. Boil the oranges in water until very soft this will take up to 3 hours. Be sure to top up the water throughout so the oranges stay submerged

Step 3

Remove the oranges from the water and allow to cool. Cut in half, remove the seedsand blend in a food processer. Pour into a fine strainer to strain off as much of the residual liquid as possible. Set 300g of the orange pulp aside and discard the rest

Step 4

In a large bowl or food mixer, whisk the eggs, sugar, baking powder and ground almonds together for 2 minutes. Add in the orange pulp and whisk again for another minute

Step 5

Line a 22cm round cake tin with baking parchment then pour in the cake batter. Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 1 hour. Remove and allow to cool before spiking the top surface of the cake all over with a skewer

Step 6

While the cake is cooling, make the syrup by combining the sugar and water in a small pan. Bring to the boil and then remove from the heat. Add the Grand Marnier to finish the syrup. Soak the cake in the syrup

Step 7

Dust the surface of the cake with icing sugar and serve