Flourless Orange and Almond Cake

Ingredients

• 2 oranges
• 6 eggs
• 250g caster sugar
• 250g almond meal
• 1tsp baking powder
• Extra caster sugar for dusting before baking
• Icing sugar for dusting after baking
• Margarine or oil spray (for greasing the pan)
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• Preparation
• Wash oranges and place unpeeled, in a pot of boiling water for 2 hours. Drain the water and allow the oranges to cool. This can be done ahead of time.
• Preheat oven to 190°C.
• Break 6 eggs into a mixing bowl or blender. Add caster sugar and beat or blend together.
• Place the two oranges into the egg mix. Break up the oranges and then blend together to a smooth consistency. Add the almond meal and baking powder and blend.
• Grease a 20 cm spring form baking pan with margarine (or vegetable oil spray) and dust with caster sugar.
• Pour batter into the pan and sprinkle caster sugar on top and bake for 1 hour to an hour and a half or until the top is golden brown.
• Dust with icing sugar to serve.