Mallorcan Almond Cake with Orange Blossom and Kumquats

Name: Mallorcan Almond Cake with Orange Blossom and Kumquats
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: butter or olive oil, for greasing; butter or olive oil, for greasing; 8 egg yolks; grated zest of 1 lemon; 1 pinch ground cinnamon; 500 g/1 lb 2 oz/5 cups ground almonds; 6 egg whites; 25 g/1 oz/scant ¼ cup icing (confectioners’) sugar, for dusting; vanilla ice cream, to serve (optional); 15–20 fresh kumquats, halved; 300 ml/10½ fl oz/1¼ cups orange juice; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/scant ½ cup water; 200 g/7 fl oz/1 cup caster (superfine) sugar; 2–3 drops orange blossom syrup

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

The Sun-Soaked Plate

By Marc Fosh

Published 2026

About

Ingredients

butter or olive oil, for greasing
8 egg yolks
350 g/12 oz

Europe
Spain
Cake
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4 and grease a deep-sided 20cm/8in cake pan with butter or olive oil.

In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and caster (superfine) sugar with an electric hand whisk (beater) until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the lemon ze