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The Softest Orange Almond Tea Cake

Paz
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Prep Time 15 mins
Bake Time 25 mins
Servings 12 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup AP flour
  • 1 cup almond flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup butter or 1 stick butter
  • 1/2 cup castor sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • Zest of an orange
  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 3 tbs thick plain yogurt
  • Almond slices (for sprinkling)
  • Icing sugar (for dusting)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius.
  • Grease a baking pan and line with parchmentpaper if you prefer. (I didn’t)
  • Sift all of the dry ingredients into a clean bowl and keep aside.
  • Beat the butter and sugar with a handheld mixer.
  • Slowly incorporate the eggs
  • Lastly add in the orange zest and juice and mix well together.
  • Now fold the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and finally stir the yoghurt through the batter
  • Pour the batter into the greased dish and sprinkle with sliced almonds. Bake for 25 minutes or until a cake skewer comes out clean when poked into the centre of the cake.
  • Allow the cake to cool before slicing and then dust with icing sugar.
Keyword almond, orange