Orange and Almond Cake

Cooked for first time. Followed recipe as written and it turned out really nice. Not wet, fluffy and very consistent texture, slightly sticky and not too sweet. Used 2 small oranges from the community garden and the cake was still plenty orangey. Whisked eggs in mixmaster then threw everything else on top. Had only 215g almond meal so added 35g plain flour. Baked for approx 45 min but forgot to time. Served with double cream. Butter + flour worked great, fell straight out of glass floretted dish I used, but could sieve flour onto butter next time. Rose a little. Cake is probably 20cm by 2cm or so round.

Cooked yesterday in morning for Claudia’s birthday picnic. Made it probably GF & DF by switching out the tin lining for margarine and almond meal but it didn’t come out of the pan. No problem though, easy enough to slice from in there. Also added a quarter cup of poppy seeds. Didn’t really like what it did to the flavour and it makes the colour more grey, but I think thats just me. It was wetter with 100% almond meal. I reckon I’ll do it again with the 35 grams flour substituted.

It baked for about 45 min again.

Have only 5 eggs so going with that. And going to use 200g almond meal and 50g flour.

Have only 5 eggs so going with that. And going to use 200g almond meal and 50g flour. Did sieve flour on and it came out okay, but ripped a bit from the center. Very yellow, not brown on top, and not as flat as last time. Ended up using a blender. Used the orange skin, unsure whether I have in the past or not.