Citrus and honey cake
This is an Eastern Mediterranean cake which is perfectly in tune with Spanish ingredients
SERVES
12
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
10
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
55
MINUTES
Ingredients
For the cake:
For the cake:
175g (6oz) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the tin
plain flour, for the tin
1 orange, washed
1 thin-skinned waxed lemon, washed
25g (1oz) roasted hazelnuts, plus 12 whole hazelnuts to decorate (optional)
110g (4oz) almonds
175g (6oz) Demerara sugar
3 large free-range eggs
250g (9oz) semolina
1 tsp baking powder
For the sauce:
225ml (8fl oz) runny honey, ideally orange blossom honey
4cm (1 ½ inch) cinnamon stick
juice of 1 orange
juice of ½ lemon
Creme fraiche, or a mixture of whipped cream with yoghurt, to serve (optional)





