It's bloody freezing in Paris right now so I wanted to make something a bit wintry and christmassy but I didn't have any cinnamon/ginger/clove flavours so I decided to go with orange. This cake is so good slightly warm with a cup of tea (what isn't?).
Orange and Almond Cake:
- 170g caster sugar
- 170g butter
- 170g self-raising flour
- 2 big eggs
- 40g ground almonds
- Pinch of salt
- Rind and the juice of two pretty fat oranges
- Flaked almonds (you can miss these out)
- Some brown sugar for sprinkling (you can miss this out too)
Preheat oven to 180c. Mix the butter and sugar together until fluffy then tip in the flour, eggs, salt and ground almonds. Stir until smooth then pour the mixture into a medium sized loaf tin. Sprinkle the flaked almonds and the sugar over the top and baked for around 45 mins. Remove from oven taking care not to touch the top of the cake with your fingers as the sugar on top with get REALLY hot and burn burn burn.
