
Desserts # 60 Min.
Marmalade Cake
“This sticky orange cake is a joy, and it’s simple to make. Even better, it contains mostly pantry ingredients, so is pretty cheap to make. ” ...
Ingredients:
200g unsalted butter (at room temperature, plus extra for greasing).
4 small oranges
4 tablespoons demerara sugar
200g golden caster sugar
6 heaped tablespoons fine-cut marmalade
4 large free-range eggs
200g self-raising flour
50g ground almonds
10 people
10 Min.
60 Min.
Directions:
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1
Preheat the oven to 180ºC/gas 4. Grease the base and sides of a 23cm loose-bottomed cake tin.
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2
Thinly slice 2 of the oranges. Sprinkle the base of the cake tin with demerara sugar, then arrange the orange slices over the base in a slightly overlapping layer.
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3
Cream the butter and caster sugar until pale and fluffy, then beat in 3 heaped tablespoons of marmalade, followed by the eggs.
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4
Fold in the flour, ground almonds and a pinch of sea salt. Finely grate in the zest from the remaining oranges, and squeeze in all the juice and fold through.
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Carefully pour the cake batter into the tin. Place in the oven and bake for about 50 minutes, or until golden and firm to touch.
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6
Remove from the oven and allow to stand for a few minutes. Very carefully, while it’s still slightly warm, turn out the cake onto a serving plate.
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Prick holes in the cake with a skewer. Make a glaze by warming the rest of the marmalade in a pan with a little water. Spoon this over the cake.
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Serve warm or at room temperature with yoghurt, cream or ice cream.