almond and orange cake

almond and orange cake
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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 238.0
  • Total Fat: 11.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 104.5 mg
  • Sodium: 99.9 mg
  • Total Carbs: 25.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
  • Protein: 10.4 g

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Introduction

A flourless cake but its still nice and light. 1.6g saturated fat per serving. A flourless cake but its still nice and light. 1.6g saturated fat per serving.
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    200grams carrots, peeled
    4 large eggs, seperated
    1 tsp vanilla
    1 orange zested
    150g caster sugar
    1 tbsp orange juice
    150 g ground almonds
    1/4 tsp baking soda

Directions

preheat oven to 160C
cook carrots until tender cool slightly then blend to a puree with the orange juice
whisk the egg yolks in a bowl with the vanilla and orange zest gradually adding the sugar whisking until pale and thick
fold in the carrot puree and ground almonds
whisk the egg white in a seperate bowl until stiff
fold egg whites into the carrot mix
bake for one hour until springy
cool in the tin for ten minutes, then cool completely on a wire rack

Serving Size: makes one 9'' cake 8 slices

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user AMYL2012.

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