Make the most of this juicy fruit and add it to your baking with this gorgeous mandarin and almond cake. Best of all you can just let the slow-cooker do all the work!
The ingredient of Mandarin And Almond Cake
- 4 mandarins
- 4 coles australian free range eggs
- 2 3 cups 150g caster sugar
- 1 1 3 cups 160g almond meal
- 2 3 cup 100g self raising flour
- 2 mandarins extra
- 1 2 cup 110g caster sugar extra
The Instruction of mandarin and almond cake
- place the washed unpeeled mandarins in an 18 cup 4 5l slow cooker cover with hot water cook covered on high for 2 hours trim the ends from mandarins and discard halve the mandarins and discard the seeds place in a food processor and process until the mixture is pulpy
- grease and line a 20cm round base measurement cake pan with baking paper use an electric mixer to beat the eggs and sugar in a bowl until thick and creamy add the almond meal flour and mandarin pulp and use a large metal spoon to gently fold until just combined spoon into the prepared pan top the pan with a sheet of baking paper and foil pleated in the centre secure with kitchen string place the pan in the slow cooker add enough boiling water to come halfway up the side of the pan cook covered on high adding more boiling water to the slow cooker as necessary for 3 hours stand cake in the pan for 5 mins to cool before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely
- meanwhile use a small serrated knife to cut the extra unpeeled mandarins into thin slices combine the extra sugar and 1 4 cup 60ml water in a small frying pan over medium low heat cook stirring for 2 3 mins or until sugar dissolves add the sliced mandarin and reduce heat to very low cook for 6 8 mins or until mandarin is tender and the syrup thickens set aside to cool
- place the cake on a platter top with mandarin and syrup to serve
Nutritions of Mandarin And Almond Cake
fatContent: 230 635 caloriessaturatedFatContent: 9 grams fat
carbohydrateContent: 1 grams saturated fat
sugarContent: 31 grams carbohydrates
fibreContent: 25 grams sugar
proteinContent: n a
cholesterolContent: 6 grams protein
sodiumContent: n a