Name: Cyprus Orange Cake
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes: 8–10-portion cake
Ingredients: 1 tbs flaked almonds; 1 tsp icing sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; 60 g / 2 oz fine white breadcrumbs; 2 large sweet navel oranges, ideally wax-free and unsprayed; 120 g / 4 oz ground almonds; 6 eggs, separated; 120 g / 4 oz caster sugar

Preparation info

Makes:
8–10
-portion cake

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
45 min

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Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

The eastern Mediterranean is renowned for its sweet pastries and aromatic cakes which are served during the afternoon to accompany small glasses of very hot mint tea.

Ingredients

2 large sweet navel oranges, ideally wax-free and unsprayed
6 eggs, separated
120 g / 4

Method

Wash the oranges carefully and cover with cold water in a small pan. Bring to the boil and cook for 15–20 minutes or until tender, when a thin wooden skewer penetrates the skin easily. Drain the fruit then quarter, still unpeeled, into a processor and chop until puréed.

Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until light and foamy. Gradually fold in the orange mixture alternately with the gr