Orange Almond Cake

Name: Orange Almond Cake
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 120 g (4½ oz) dried breadcrumbs; 90 g (3½ oz) whole blanched almonds, ground; 2 egg yolks; 150 g (5 oz) caster sugar; 4 egg whites; Icing sugar, sifted, for dusting; 1 tablespoon orange-flower water; 3 tablespoons finely chopped orange zest; 175 ml (6 fl oz) fresh orange juice, strained

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ken Hom Travels with a Hot Wok

By Ken Hom

Published 1997

About

The Chinese traditionally like to serve slices of fresh orange after a meal and this is a refreshing east-west variation on that theme. The cake is easy to make and quite delicious with vanilla ice-cream, plain yoghurt or crème fraîche.

Ingredients

175 ml (6 fl oz) fresh orange juice, strained
3 tablespoons finely chopped orange zes

Asia
China
Dessert
Vegetarian
Cake

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4.

In a large bowl, combine the orange juice, orange zest, orange-flower water, 100 g (4