The recipe for this month's cake makes a deliciously moist flavourful and orangy cake, I'm sorry I photographed it to late in the evening and it looks like charcoal !
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RECIPE
Ingredients – Topping
50g sliced almonds
75g unsalted butter
120g light brown sugar
55ml honey
For the Cake
180g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
80ml sour cream
2 eggs
55ml orange juice
75g unsalted butter
120g light brown sugar
55ml honey
For the Cake
180g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
80ml sour cream
2 eggs
55ml orange juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
100g unsalted butter
150g caster sugar
1 tbsp grated orange zest
1 tbsp grated orange zest
Method - Topping
Spread the nuts on a baking tray and toast until golden, 8 to 10 minutes (mine only took 4 minutes!!) Heat the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat until foaming. Whisk in the brown sugar, turn the heat to low, and cook, whisking constantly, for 2 minutes. Scrape the mixture into the prepared pan and smooth with a spatula. Drizzle over the honey and scatter over the toasted nuts.
Method - Cake
Combine the butter and granulated sugar in a large mixing bowl and cream with an electric mixer on medium high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl once or twice. Stir in the orange zest.
With the mixer on medium-low speed, pour the egg mixture into the bowl in a slow stream, stopping the mixer once or twice to scrape down the sides.
Turn the mixer to low speed and add the flour mixture, a third at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition. Then mix for 30 seconds on medium speed.
Pour the batter over the almonds, gently spreading it into an even layer.
Bake until the cake is golden and a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let stand for 5 minutes.
Holding the pan and a plate together firmly with oven mitts, invert the hot cake onto the plate. Peel away the parchment paper. If necessary, replace any almonds stuck to the base of the pan. Let the cake cool for 20 minutes and serve warm or at room temperature.
Store uneaten cake in a cake keeper or wrap and store at room temperature for up to 2 days.
19 comments:
Ciao Nat!
Your cake looks perfect!
Love the cake portion slightly more than the topping!
This cake sounds delicious and it looks great even in the dark!
Love how glossy your caramel almond topping looks. Yummy. Pleased you liked it, I was unsure about mine
Natalia this look delicious! gloria
Nice one. I had to tell kids not to touch it till mommy took the pictures next day. Poor kids.
Ottima sei nell'aspetto che nel sapore :)
Yours looks like mine I think, but fortunately I had a sunny windowsill! Well done.
Ciao Natalia
This cake with all those wonderful flavours sounds amazing!
Maria
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This cake though dark sounds so delicious!
I think your one looks yummy - not like charcoal at all!
Wow, yours turned out really well!
By the way, I've given you some awards on my blog. Congrats!
Che meraviglia, ha l'aria così croccante!
The photo may be dark but the cake looks great!
Delcious!
yum yum yum this looks scrummy!
Mmmm, this looks sticky and delicious!
Wow, nice blog! This cake looks delicious :) follow you ;)
Agnese
I just want to pick off those glistening caramelized bits..YUM! I'd eat it in the dark, no problem ;)
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