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Easy Orange & Poppyseed Cake (Gluten Free)

Here's how you make Easy Orange & Poppyseed Cake (Gluten Free)
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  • Servings: 10-12
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 1h
    • The following recipe serves 10-12 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 large (7 1/4 ounce) whole orange (roughly chopped)
  • 125 grams butter (melted)
  • 1 1/2 cups almond meal
  • 3/4 cup caster sugar
  • 1/2 cup poppy seed
  • 3 eggs
  • STICKY ORANGE SYRUP
  • 1 to 2 (7 to 14 ounces) whole orange (your preference)
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar (white)
  • Icing sugar, for dusting
  • Pure cream, for serving
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Process the orange in a food processor until pureed. Add the remaining ingredients and process until smooth.

  • Step 2: Pour mixture into a baking paper lined 20cm cake pan and bake at 180°C for 45-50 minutes or until golden and a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the cake. (The cake will not rise much).

  • Step 3: Stand the cake for 5 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack.

  • Step 4: For sticky oranges: Peel the rind from orange into long straight segments & finely julienne rind.

  • Step 5: Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan, stir over low heat until sugar dissolves, add orange rind and bring to the boil, simmering for 10 minutes until syrupy and orange rind is translucent.

  • Step 6: Drizzle warm syrup over cake and decorate with sticky orange rind, serve thin slices dolloped with pure cream.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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