Orange-Almond Cake

Total Time
1 hour
Rating
4(38)
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Ingredients

Yield:8 to 10 servings

    For Cake

    • Butter or margarine to grease pan
    • 1tablespoon matzo cake meal
    • 8large eggs, separated
    • 1cup sugar
    • Grated zest of 2 oranges
    • 2teaspoons cinnamon
    • 8ounces blanched almonds

    For Syrup

    • 3 to 4oranges
    • 12mandarin oranges
    • Âľcup sugar

    For Cream Topping

    • 1cup whipping cream or kosher for Passover nondairy whipped topping
    • 1vanilla pod, seeds scraped out with teaspoon
    • 1heaping tablespoon sugar
    • 1½tablespoons orange liqueur
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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-inch springform pan and sprinkle with matzo cake meal.

  2. Step 2

    In medium bowl, mix egg yolks, sugar, grated orange zest and cinnamon, and beat well.

  3. Step 3

    Place half the almonds in food processor and pulverize. Add remaining almonds and pulse until coarsely chopped. Stir into egg yolk mixture.

  4. Step 4

    In another bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter and pour into pan.

  5. Step 5

    Bake for about 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted in center.

  6. Step 6

    Meanwhile, squeeze oranges and mandarins for about 3 cups juice and pour into small saucepan with Âľ cup sugar. Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar. Simmer gently until liquid has reduced by half and is a sticky syrup. Keep warm enough not to set.

  7. Step 7

    When cake is tepid, remove to large plate with lip and make holes with toothpick or skewer all over it, right through to bottom. Pour syrup onto cake so it absorbs it all. There will be a sticky pink moat around it; let it sit for a few hours, occasionally spooning more syrup over surface.

  8. Step 8

    Pour cream or nondairy topping into bowl with vanilla seeds and sugar and whisk until sloppily firm. Pour in orange liqueur, and whisk until soft. Serve alongside cake.

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Credits

Adapted from Tamasin Day-Lewis

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