Name: Spanish Orange and Almond Cake (with Dried Apricots) recipe by Simran Oberoi Multani at BetterButter
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 100 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 large oranges, chopped with the skin; 4 eggs, separated; 200 grams finely ground white sugar; 250 grams ground almonds; Dried, chopped apricots as many you want to use; 1 tsp baking powder

ABOUT Spanish Orange and Almond Cake (with Dried Apricots) RECIPE

Inspired from the Recipe from a Baking book of Readers Digest. Gluten Free and Butter Free

Ingredients Serving: 8

2 large oranges, chopped with the skin
4 eggs, separated
200 grams finely ground white sugar
250 grams ground almonds
Dried, chopped apricots as many you want to use
1 tsp baking powder

Instructions

Put the chopped oranges without the seeds but with the skin into a pan with 2-3 tbsp of water and cook it covered, for 20-25 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 160 degrees centigrade and use a springform cake tin lined with parchment paper.
Beat the egg whites with half the sugar till stiff peaks are formed.
Beat the yolks with the rest of the sugar.
Grind the softened oranges into a thick paste (with some chunks, not too fine).
Fold it into the yolk-sugar mix.
Fold the ground almonds into the above mix.
Slowly transfer and fold in the beaten egg whites into this mix.
Transfer this into the springform cake tin. Bake for 50-55 minutes.
Take it out of the springform tin after it cools off completely.
Garnish with dried apricots and sliced almonds.

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