Orange & Almond Cake

Ingredients

• 2 large or 3 small navel oranges
• 6 eggs
• 2½ cups almond meal
• 1½ cups caster sugar

Method

1. Wash & scrum the orange skins
• zest one of the oranges and reserve zest for step 6
• put the oranges in saucepan
• cover with water
• simmer for 2 hours or until very soft
• drain & leave to cool
2. Preheat oven to 190°C
3. Line a 22cm spring form tin with baking paper
4. Put the cooled oranges into a food processor or blender
• blend until smooth
5. Whisk the eggs in a large bowl
• add the pureed oranges, almond meal & 1 cup of the caster sugar
• mix to combine
• spoon the mixture into the prepared tin
• bake for  1+ hours until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre
• leave to cool for ~5 minutes
6. Put the remaining sugar into a small saucepan with the zest
• stir over low heat until the sugar is dissolved
• bring to the boil
• cook over high heat for 5 minutes or until syrupy
• drizzle over top of cake
7. Serves 8