Almond Cake
- Total Time
- 2 hours 15 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1small to medium orange
- 1lemon
- 6ounces raw almonds
- 1cup all-purpose flour
- 1tablespoon baking powder
- 4eggs
- ½teaspoon salt
- 1½cups sugar
- ⅔cup olive oil
- Confectioners’ sugar
Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)
533 calories; 31 grams fat; 4 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 21 grams monounsaturated fat; 5 grams polyunsaturated fat; 59 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams dietary fiber; 42 grams sugars; 9 grams protein; 314 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Place the orange and the lemon in a saucepan, and cover with water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Drain and cool.
- Step 2
Heat the oven to 325 degrees, and set a rack in the middle position. Bake the almonds 10 to 15 minutes. Set aside to cool completely. When the almonds are cool, pulse them in a food processor until ground.
- Step 3
Set oven to 350 degrees, and grease a 9-inch springform pan.
- Step 4
When the citrus is cool, cut the lemon in half, and discard the pulp and seeds. Cut the orange in half, and discard seeds. Put the fruits in the food processor and process almost to a paste.
- Step 5
In a small bowl, whisk the flour and baking powder. Combine eggs and salt. Beat until foamy. Beat in the sugar. Fold in the flour mixture. Add the citrus, almonds and olive oil, and beat on low speed until incorporated. Pour the batter into the pan, and bake for about 1 hour. Let cool for 10 minutes, unmold and dust with confectioners’ sugar.
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I've made this many times from a Spanish cookbook.You use all almond flour and no wheat flour. 8 eggs instead of 4 and voile an actual almond cake instead of an almond flavored wheat cake.
Couple of potentially stupid questions: you say, discard lemon pulp and seeds, this includes rind? Same with orange, what about skin/rind/pulp there?
Thanks! I want to make it this weekend!
You could use approximately 1 1/2 cups plus two tablespoons of almond flour.
I found this mildly disappointing. The texture is kind of odd—granular and chewy with the almonds. It wasn’t very moist/delicate. And it lacked almond flavor. I’ll try it with fruit bc it seems more like a canvas but I won’t make it again.
I use a variation of this recipe, easier to make, but also not so rich probably: one orange, 250g (sorry, metric system here) ground almonds, about 180g sugar, four whole eggs, 1 teaspoon baking pouder and a bit of salt. Puree the entire orange (I don't de-seed), mix everything together, and bake this for about 60 minutes at 180° Celcius. Blissful, and has earned me many compliments at parties. (It's really the only cake I can do)
Delicious, have made several times, family favorite - followed the recipe except used 1 1/2 cups + 2 Tbsps almond flour per a reader suggestion in the comments.
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