Almost Flourless Orange And Almond Cake With Marmalade Recipes

FLOURLESS ORANGE AND ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Place the whole oranges in a large saucepan. Add enough water to cover them and place a small plate on top of the oranges to keep them submerged in the water.
• Gradually bring the water to a boil, then reduce heat and allow them to simmer for 40 minutes, or until the oranges are very soft.
• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Cut a piece piece of parchment paper to fit in the bottom of an 8 inch round cake pan. Lightly grease the cake pan and then place the parchment paper circle in the base.
• Cut each of the oranges into quarters. Set aside to cool.
• Remove any pips, and then place the oranges in the bowl of a food processor and blend until they form a very smooth pulp.
• Add the ground almonds, sugar, baking powder, vanilla, and Cointreau. Process (pulse) until all of the ingredients are combined.
• Add the egg and process again until just combined. Be careful not to overprocess.
• Pour the orange mixture into the prepared cake pan and bake for 50 minutes, or until the cake is firm and leaves the side of the pan.
• Allow to cool completely in the pan. Dust with confectioners' sugar to serve.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE-ORANGE ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Brush bottom of 10-inch springform pan generously with butter or margarine.
• Blend almonds and 1/4 cup sugar in food processor until almonds are finely ground. Add chocolate; blend until chocolate is finely ground.
• Whisk cocoa, orange juice and orange peel in small bowl until smooth.
• In another bowl, combine egg yolks and 1/2 cup + 2 Tbs. sugar. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean.
• Using an electric mixer, beat until yolk mixture is very thick, about 4 minutes.
• Beat in cocoa mixture. Fold in ground-almond mixture.
• Using clean dry beaters, beat egg whites and salt in another large bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add 2 Tbs. sugar, beating until whites are stiff but not dry.
• Fold whites into chocolate batter in 3 additions. Transfer to prepared pan.
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
• Cool cake completely in pan on rack. If making a day ahead of time, cover with foil and store at room temperature.

PERFECT FLOURLESS ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Place the oranges in a large saucepan, and add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and boil for 2 hours over medium heat. Check occasionally to make sure they do not boil dry. Allow the oranges to cool, then cut them open and remove the seeds. Process in a blender or food processor to a coarse pulp.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Thoroughly grease a 10-inch round cake pan and line it with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs and sugar together using an electric mixer until thick and pale, about 10 minutes. Mix in baking powder and saffron (optional). Stir in the pureed oranges. Gently fold in almond meal and candied orange peel (optional); pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake until a small knife inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Allow the cake to cool in the pan. Tap out onto a serving plate when cool.

ORANGE MARMALADE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch Bundt pan.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, set aside. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, melted butter, eggs, milk and lemon juice. Add dry ingredients to the egg mixture, mix until well blended. Finally, stir in the walnuts and marmalade. Pour batter into the prepared Bundt cake pan.
• Bake for 45 to 60 minutes, until cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.