Flourless Orange and Almond Cake

A dense, damp citrus cake made from a whole boiled orange and ground almonds. Low-GI, gluten-free and genuinely special enough for guests.

Serves:: 10
Prep time:: 2 hours 30 minutes
Category:: Desserts

Ingredients

2 whole oranges
250 g ground almonds
5 whole eggs
100 g erythritol sweetener
1 tsp baking powder
20 g flaked almonds

Instructions

1. Boil the whole oranges in water for 1.5 hours until completely soft; cool, halve, remove any pips and blitz to a puree, skin and all. 2. Preheat the oven to 170C and line a 20cm springform tin. 3. Whisk the eggs and sweetener until pale, then fold in the orange puree, ground almonds and baking powder. 4. Pour into the tin, scatter with flaked almonds and bake for 50-55 minutes, covering if it browns too fast. 5. Cool fully in the tin before slicing.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories 230
Protein 9g
Fat 17g
Carbs 9g
Fibre 4g
Sugar 5g
Sodium 90mg