Orange, Cardamom and Almond Cake

Name: Orange, Cardamom and Almond Cake
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: zest and juice of 2 large oranges; 250 g dried pitted dates, chopped; 100 g ground almonds; seeds from 10 cardamom pods, crushed; 1 tsp baking powder; 250 g spelt flour; 4 medium eggs; 50 g pistachio nuts, bashed; a pinch of salt; 1 small orange, finely sliced, to decorate; 150 g light muscovado sugar; 4 tbsp icing sugar; 200 g butter, softened

Preparation info

Serves
12

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Secret of Spice

By Tonia Buxton

Published 2019

About

When I bake this cake, the kitchen fills with the warming smell of cardamom. I serve it on its own or with Greek yogurt that I have mixed with icing sugar and rosewater to make it even more aromatic.

Ingredients

zest and juice of 2 large oranges
250 g dried pitted dates, chopped
200

Cake
Vegetarian
Baking

Method

Preheat the oven to 140°C/275°F/Gas Mark 1. Line the base of a 21cm loose-bottomed cake tin with baking paper.

Set aside 2 tbsp of the orange juice and a little of the zest, then place the rest in a small saucepan with the dates and heat for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and