Orange blossom water cake
SERVES
12
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
60
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
70
MINUTES
CUISINE
American
COURSE
Baking
Method
Place the whole orange into a heavy-based saucepan and cover with water. Simmer over a low heat for 45 minutes until soft. Once cool enough to handle, cut it in half and remove any seeds. Blitz the orange to a pulp and set aside.
Preheat oven to 170°C and line a 9-inch round loose-base or spring-form tin with parchment.
Beat the butter, sugar, honey, yoghurt, ground almonds, flour, baking powder, and eggs until well combined.
Stir in the orange blossom water and the orange pulp. Scoop into your prepared tin.
Bake for an hour and 10 minutes, covering with foil after an hour if it is turning brown on top. Test if it is baked with a skewer.
Mix the honey, orange juice, and zest in a saucepan and heat for a few moments until the honey has melted into the juice. Drizzle this over the warm cake while it is still in the tin. Allow to cool in the tin.
Ingredients
For the cake:
1 orange
250g butter, softened
180g golden caster sugar
50g honey
140g natural yoghurt
100g ground almonds
200g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder, sieved
4 eggs
1 tbsp orange blossom water
For the glaze:
50g honey
50ml orange juice
zest of 2 oranges
Method
Place the whole orange into a heavy-based saucepan and cover with water. Simmer over a low heat for 45 minutes until soft. Once cool enough to handle, cut it in half and remove any seeds. Blitz the orange to a pulp and set aside.
Preheat oven to 170°C and line a 9-inch round loose-base or spring-form tin with parchment.
Beat the butter, sugar, honey, yoghurt, ground almonds, flour, baking powder, and eggs until well combined.
Stir in the orange blossom water and the orange pulp. Scoop into your prepared tin.
Bake for an hour and 10 minutes, covering with foil after an hour if it is turning brown on top. Test if it is baked with a skewer.
Mix the honey, orange juice, and zest in a saucepan and heat for a few moments until the honey has melted into the juice. Drizzle this over the warm cake while it is still in the tin. Allow to cool in the tin.
