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weekend baking almond and orange zest dense butter cake
Amanda McInerney of www.lambsearsandhoney.com

Almond and Orange Zest Dense Butter Cake

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course: Baking
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup caster sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 170 gms butter melted, then cooled slightly
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1/2 cup almond meal
  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • zest of one orange
  • 1/2 cup flaked almonds

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 175C. Grease and line a 23cm cake pan.
  2. Beat the sugar and egg well together in a large bowl.
  3. Beat in cooled, melted butter until all combined. (If the butter is too hot it will cook the egg.)
  4. Stir in almond extract, orange zest and almond meal, then add flour, baking powder and salt, stirring until just combined.
  5. Pour into prepared cake pan and sprinkle top evenly with the flaked almonds.
  6. Bake for 40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  7. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then run a knife around the cake to loosen it. Cool on a cake rack.

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