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Poonam Aggarwal shows you how to bake the perfect cake.

Almond Orange Cake

Recipe and video: Kind courtesy Poonam Aggarwal, alumni, Academy of Pastry and Culinary Arts Mumbai

Please watch the video for the step by step guide:

Ingredients

For orange puree

• 2 orange malta (medium size)

For cake batter

• 225 gm castor sugar
• 20 gm honey
• 300 gm almond flour
• 6 eggs
• A pinch of salt

For sugar syrup

• 100 gm sugar
• 100 ml water
• 1 rosemary sprig
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Juice of half orange

Method

For sugar syrup

• Heat all the ingredients and cook till you reach 1 string consistency.

For the orange puree

• Pierce the oranges with a knife.
• Blanch them in water 5 to 6 times.
• Simmer the oranges in sugar syrup for about 2 hours
• Remove from heat and allow it to cool.
• Once cooled, grind into a paste.

For the cake batter

• Whip the eggs and sugar till they are light and fluffy.
• Whisk in the honey.
• Mix in the orange puree.
• Fold in the almond powder and salt.
• Pour into the mould and bake at 160°C for 20 minutes or till they turn golden brown
• Remove from the oven and soak in sugar syrup.
• Let it cool.
• Garnish with fresh oranges slice and serve.

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