Dairy-Free Orange & Almond Cake with Chocolate Ganache
Easy to make, light, and very tasty cake that is going to very well with a cuppa on a Sunday afternoon.
Equipment
- Whisk
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 100 g ground almonds (or 150g if you're making this gluten free)
- 100 g caster sugar
- 50 g cornflour
- 50 g plain flour
- 2 eggs (yolk and whites separated)
- 7 g baking powder
- 2 oranges (juice and zest)
For the Ganache
- 100 g dark chocolate (or orange dark chocolate)
- 2 tbsp water
- 15 almonds (crushed)
Instructions
For the Cake
- Start by preheating the oven at 180°C/355°F fan and by preparing your tin (round 20cm/8inches).
- Zest your oranges and set aside.
- Separate your egg whites from your yolks. Beat the yolks with the sugar until completely absorbed and proceed to add the juice and zest of your oranges, ground almonds, the plain flour (if using), cornflour and baking powder.
- Whisk the whites until they form stiff peaks with a pinch of salt. Add to the almond mix, folding it in, delicately.
- Put in the oven for 30 minutes.
For the Ganache
- While your cake cooks, melt your chocolate in a baine marie to avoid burning it (read after recipe notes for instructions). Add a tablespoon of water at the time until melted and smooth. Add more water as needed to reduce the sharpness if you prefer.
Assembling
- When the cake is ready (check with a skewer, if it comes out clean), let it cool for 1 hour. Once the cooling time is over, add the chocolate ganache on top and the crushed almondsto decorate.