Chocolate Orange and Honey Cake - Dairy Free, Gluten Free
If you guys are looking for a delicious, moist (sorry) and gluten/dairy free/refined sugar free cake for Eid, this is it. I LOVE THIS Chocolate Orange and Honey Cake.
Ingredients
Cake
- 300 g Oranges zest too
- 50 ml Water
- 4 Eggs
- 100 ml Honey
- 130 g Almond Flour Not course
- 4 tbsp Cacao
- 25 ml Oil
Chocolate and Orange topping
- 100 g Chocolate Melted
- 1 Orange Zest only
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat the oven to GM 3/ 170 C.
- Add the water to a small pan with the orange zest.
- Remove the skin from the oranges and chop into small pieces. Add to ehe pan. Bring to a simmer and then turn the heat down and continue to cook with lid on for 5 minutes. Blend thoroughly and set aside.
- Whisk the honey and eggs in a stand mixer for 5 minutes until pale and thickened.
- Stir in the almonds and cacao and fold in. Add the orange mixture.
- Transfer a lined tin and pop into the oven and bake for 50 to 55 minutes. In the meantime melt the chocolate.
Chocolate and Orange topping
- Allow the cake to cool a little before pouring over the melted chocolate and sprinkle over the orange zest.
Notes
You can make the cake with any citrus food of your choice and leave the chocolate out too!
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