Blood Orange & Almond Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 125 g unsalted butter, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 blood oranges, juice and zest of, grated
• 3 eggs
• 250 g almond meal
• 2 teaspoons baking powder

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c
• 2 grease and double line sides and base of a 20cm springform cake tin.
• 3 place butter and sugar into the bowl of a food processor and pulse until
• 4 pale and light.
• 5 add the grated rind of the oranges and pulse once or twice until blended through.
• 6 add the eggs one at a time, with the food processor running until the mixture is smooth.
• 7 with the processor still running, add 125g of the almond meal.
• 8 add the blood orange juice, followed by the remaining 125g almond meal mixed with the baking powder.
• 9 turn the mixture out into the springform pan and bake for about an hour until the cake is cooked. test with a metal skewer.
• 10 the cake should not be overcooked as it should be very moist - almost a cross between a cake and a pudding.
• 11 serve with a mixture of equal parts double cream and fresh ricotta, sweetened with a little sugar and a splash of cointreau.