Mandarin and Almond Cake

Name: Mandarin and Almond Cake
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 2 h 55 min
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 4 whole mandarins; 6 eggs; 1 1/4 cups caster sugar; 250g ground almonds; 1 tsp baking powder; icing sugar and cream to serve

A whole mandarin Australian gluten-free cake, moist with ground almonds.

Total time

175 min

Prep

120 min

Cook

55 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Australian

vegetarian

Ingredients

4whole mandarins

6eggs

1 1/4 cupscaster sugar

250gground almonds

1 tspbaking powder

icing sugar and creamto serve

Instructions

Boil whole mandarins in water for 2 hours. Cool. Quarter and blend to a smooth paste.

Beat eggs and sugar.

Add mandarin paste, almonds and baking powder.

Pour into a greased 23cm round tin.

Bake at 175°C for 50-55 minutes. Cool fully. Dust with icing sugar.