Step up the healthy cake game with a dash of juicy orange! Traditional low carb almond cake with freshly incorporated mermalade at it’s core. Yummy!

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Making almond cakes are even easier than sponge cakes as with sponge cakes we expect extra airy and fluffy cake texture while with nuts due to the lack of gluten, it is just not possible.

Nuts are basically oils that create a dense cake which can be dry or a bit soggy with moderate fluffiness. These are perfect bases for cakes like a chocolate almond cake or even be part of the national pride like the Spanish Tarta de Santiago but also open up the possibilities to different directions.

Instead of using fruits only as a decoration or jam we can incorporate them into the batter itself creating something flavorfully different. Although, oranges as fruits or juice are quite popular, there are divisive strong feelings looming around marmalade.

Marmalade is basically a jam made out of orange and also the skin of the fruit, generally sprinkled with sugar that we skip here being on the health-conscious side of baking. Making marmalade is much easier than spellings, it only requires chopped up oranges and a big enough pot.

When the orange pieces are cooked, we can mix the whole thing with the almond flour and bake it in our favorite oven creating one of the best almond cakes ever existed.

Ingredients

2 medium / 250g Oranges (skin included)
3 tablespoons / 60g Honey or sweetener of choice
5 medium / 250g Eggs (separated)
7 oz / 200g Almond (ground)
1 teaspoon / 5g Vanilla Extract
Finely chopped almonds for decoration

How to make Orange almond cake

Rinse oranges and cut them up.
Put orange pieces in a saucepan with ¼ cup / 50ml water.
Put saucepan in the cooktop and bring it to boil. Turn heat to low then cook oranges for half to one hour with the lid on.
Take it of the heat and let it cool down then puree it with a blender.
Separate eggs and put them into two medium size mixing bowls.
Beat yolks with the honey or sweetener of choice and vanilla extract until light yellow.
Mix in the ground almonds and the orange.
Beat egg whites until hard peaks form.
Fold egg whites in with the batter.
Pour batter into the baking tray and put it in the 350°F / 180°C preheated oven for 40-50 minutes or until it’s golden brown.
Let it cool down before serving it.

Enjoy!

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Orange Almond Cake Recipe

Step up the healthy cake game with a dash of juicy orange! Traditional low carb almond cake with freshly incorporated mermalade at it’s core. Yummy!

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine Dairy free, Gluten free, Keto, Low carb recipe

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1

Ingredients

▢ 2 medium Oranges skin included
▢ 3 tablespoon Honey or sweetener of choice
▢ 5 medium Eggs separated
▢ 7 oz Almond ground
▢ 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
▢ Finely chopped almonds for decoration

Instructions

Rinse oranges and cut them up.
Put orange pieces in a saucepan with ¼ cup / 50ml water.
Put saucepan in the cooktop and bring it to boil.
Turn heat to low then cook oranges for half to one hour with the lid on.
Take it of the heat and let it cool down then puree it with a blender.
Separate eggs and put them into two medium size mixing bowls.
Beat yolks with the honey or sweetener of choice and vanilla extract until light yellow.
Mix in the ground almonds and the orange.
Beat egg whites until hard peaks form.
Fold egg whites in with the batter.
Pour batter into the baking tray and put it in the 350°F / 180°C preheated oven for 40-50 minutes or until it’s golden brown.
Let it cool down before serving it.