Ingredients:
200g dark brown sugar
4 eggs separated
Zest of 2 oranges
Juice of 1 orange
200g ground almonds
For the syrup glaze:
130g caster sugar
Juice of 2 oranges
1 cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon orange essence or cointreau
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180C.
Line a 22cm/23cm round cake tin with parchment paper.
Beat the brown sugar, egg yolks, orange zest, juice in a large mixing bowl untill fluffy and yellow. Gradually beat in the ground almonds.
In a separate clean, dry bowl, beat the egg whites untill soft peaks form. Gnetly fold the egg whites into the cake batter with a metal spoon. Spoon the batter into the lined cake tin. Bake for 40mins , untill a toothpick is inserted into the centre and comes out clean and the cake is golden brown. Leave to rest on a wired rack in the tin untill its cool.
Serev with vanilla ice cream or natural yoghurt.
This recipe was taken from: http://www.calorgas.ie/calor-life/2016/03/18/gluten-free-moroccan-oran/
