{"id":709,"date":"2012-02-09T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T00:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev6.finelimedesigns.com\/2012\/02\/09\/gluten-free-orange-almond-cake\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T09:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:55:33","slug":"gluten-free-orange-almond-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bakeschool.com\/gluten-free-orange-almond-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange Almond Cake (Gluten-Free + Grain-Free)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Learn how to make the best orange almond cake with this gluten-free recipe. This cake is made with whole oranges that are boiled until soft to create a smooth orange pur\u00e9e that adds moisture and flavour to this single-layer cake made with ground almonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Combining fruit with almonds in desserts is a classic flavour pairing that I love. Ground almonds are often added to fruit tart<\/a> crusts, while bitter orange is paired with almonds in chewy orange almond amaretti cookies<\/a>. Berries and almonds go hand-in-hand in this gorgeous raspberry almond semifreddo<\/a>, a frozen dessert combining almond-flavoured amaretti cookies with raspberries, and this blackberry almond layer cake<\/a> (Milk Bar-style).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this orange cake recipe, the whole orange is used. Just like for most of my marmalade recipes<\/a> (like this classic orange marmalade recipe<\/a> made from Navel oranges or three-fruit marmalade<\/a>), you first have to boil the fruit. This softens the pith and the skin of the fruit so that it will have a better texture when blended to make the cake batter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cakes are moist and with a pleasantly coarse texture from the granular ground almonds. My favourite part of this recipe is that it uses the entire orange, peel and all. Just remember to boil the whole fruits (see recipe) to remove the unpleasant bitterness from the citrus. That's the secret to using whole citrus fruit in marmalade and cakes! The syrup I served it with reminds me of bitter-orange marmalade.<\/p>\n\n\n[feast_advanced_jump_to]\n\n\n

What You Need to Make a Gluten-Free Orange Cake<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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