ALMOND CAKE
Ingredients:
5 egg whites
pinch of salt
75 g (125ml) caster sugar
175g (500ml) almond flour
1 orange – grated zest
1 teaspoon orange liqueur or the juice of half a freshly squeezed orange
25g slivered almonds
Method:
Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius
Grease and line cake tin with baking paper
Whisk egg white with salt until they stand in soft peaks.
Slowly add the sugar whilst whisking until mixture is firm and thick
Fold in almond flour, orange zest and liqueur
Pour into cake tin
Sprinkle slivered almonds on top of cake
Bake for 25 minutes or until skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean
Allow to stand in tin for 10 minutes, loosen, turn out and leave to cool