Almond - Orange Cream Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 320 g ground almonds
• 300 g confectioners' sugar
• 7 eggs, separated
• 2 oranges, boiled and mashed
• 4 tablespoons semolina
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 cups milk
• 6 tablespoons cornflour
• 8 tablespoons sugar
• lemon rind
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup almonds, roasted in oven

Recipe

• 1 beat egg whites till fluffy. set aside.
• 2 beat butter and sugar until well-combined and . add mashed oranges, semolina, egg yolks beaten, baking powder and almonds.
• 3 mix well until you have a homogeneous batter.
• 4 with a wooden spatula, add egg whites to batter.
• 5 pour the mixture in slightly buttered pan.
• 6 bake at 180°c, for about 45-50 minutes.
• 7 meanwhile, prepare syrup. boil until it thickens and reaches a texture similar to that of olive oil. let cool.
• 8 as soon as the cake is out, pour cooled syrup over it.
• 9 prepare cream. boil 4 cups of milk and add sugar and lemon rind. mix well until sugar is dissolved.
• 10 add corn flour dissolved in the remaining cup of milk.
• 11 mix cream slowly with spatula until it starts to thicken.
• 12 remove from heat, take out lemon rind, and let it cool, 7-9 minutes.
• 13 add beaten eggs mix till combined.
• 14 pour over cake and evenly spread with spatula.
• 15 garnish with roasted almonds and/or thinly-cut orange rind.