Turkish Orange Cake With Fresh Tayberries Or Loganberries
Categories: Cake | Dessert | International | Turkey
Ingredients:
- 1 large orange
- 4 oz almonds, ground
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 3 drops almond extract
- 3 large eggs
- 2 oz pine kernals
for serving - tayberries or loganberries
- icing sugar
- 2 oranges
Preparation:
- put one whole orange in a small saucepan, cover with water and simmer for 2 hours.
- pour away the water and leave to cool.
- preheat the oven to 180 C/350 F/Gas 4.
- grease a 23 cm/9in shallow cake tin and line with greaseproof (waxed) paper.
- chop the cooked orange roughly, discard the pips and liquidize, including the skin.
- mix together the ground almonds, sugar, baking powder and almond extract in a bowl.
- beat the eggs with a fork, beat in the liquidized orange, then pour into the bowl containing the other ingredients and mix well.
- pour this mixture into the prepared tin and sprinkle the top with pine kernals.
- bake in the middle of the oven for 35 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
- leave to cool slightly, then turn out on to a wire rack.
- just before serving, peel off the paper and sprinkle the top of the cake with a little icing sugar.
- serve in wedges with slices of orange and fresh tayberries or loganberries.
First Made:
2004-10-26
2004-10-26
Country:
Turkey
Turkey