Orange almond cake

Name: Orange almond cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 14

Prep

15 min

Cook

40 min

Serves

Skill

Vegetarian

Prep

15 min

Cook

40 min

Serves

Skill

Lunchbox Desserts So Good Frozen Dessert Entertaining Christmas Gluten Free So Good Almond and Coconut Milks Gluten Free

This gluten free, citrus dessert is a delicious treat the whole family will love, with the classic flavour combination of orange, almond and poppy seeds.

Ingredients

Cake

125g margarine
grated rind of 1 orange
½ cup caster sugar
2 eggs
125g almond meal
2 tablespoons poppy seeds (optional)
1 cup gluten-free self-raising flour
½ cup So Good Soy Milk

Orange Syrup

1 cup orange juice
½ cup sugar

Nutrition per serving

Weight, measurement and temperature conversions

1200 kJ

energy kj

4 g

protein

6 g

saturated fat

26 g

carbohydrate

17.9 g

sugars

70 mg

sodium

Method

Place margarine, rind and sugar in a bowl and mix until light and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined.
Stir through almond meal and poppy seeds. Stir in ½ the flour with ¼ cup of So Good, then add the remaining flour and So Good.
Spread mixture into a greased and lined 20cm round tin. Bake in a moderate oven, 180°C, for 40 minutes.
Combine syrup ingredients in a saucepan. Stir over low-heat until sugar is dissolved, then increase heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove cake from oven; insert a few holes in the cake with skewer. Pour hot syrup over hot cake. Cool cake in tin.