Blood orange cake – with a vegan option.
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Ingredients of Blood orange cake – with a vegan option
- Prepare 2 of blood or regular oranges, whole.
- Prepare 3 of eggs – or the vegan alternative: 1 flaxseed ‘egg’ (1tbsp ground flaxseed and 2 1/2 tbsp water mixed and settled for at least 10mins) + 2 tbsp apple sauce.
- You need 1/3 cup of runny honey – replace with maple syrup if vegan.
- It’s 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- Prepare 2 cups of ground almonds.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
- It’s of For a quick syrup.
- It’s of Juice and zest of 1 orange.
- Prepare 1-2 tsp of runny honey – replace with maple syrup if vegan.
- It’s Splash of or two of water.
Blood orange cake – with a vegan option step by step
- In a pan of water, boil the two oranges whole for 1 hour. Cool..
- Preheat oven to 160C..
- Once the oranges are cool, blitz in a food processor/ blender til smooth-ish. I like some texture..
- Mix the oranges, honey, eggs and vanilla..
- Add the ground almonds and baking powder. Mix well..
- Put the mix into a lined 20cm baking tin. Bake for 40-45 mins. Let the cake cool in the tin for at least 15 mins..
- The cake is beautiful on its own ? But if you want to make a syrup, gently simmer the syrup ingredients in a pan until they reduce a bit. Then either serve on the side. Or make lots of holes in the cake when it’s baked but while still in the tin, and pour the syrup in. Enjoy ?.
recipe by Alessandra @cookpad