Orange and Walnut Cake

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5 from 2 votes

An old-fashioned recipe from Nana Ling, dated 1941

Prep Time20

Cook Time35

Total Time55

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Australian

Servings: slices

Calories: 200kcal

Author: Libby Hakim

Equipment

bar tin (approx 14 x 24 cm)

Ingredients

115 grams butter
½ cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 cup SR flour
½ cup almond meal
1 large orange (making nearly ½ cup juice)
¼ cup walnuts, roughly chopped
1 teaspoon rapadura sugar (or brown or raw sugar)

Instructions

Grease a bar tin (approx 14 x 24cm) and line with baking paper.
Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees celsius (fan-forced).
Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs and zest from half the orange and beat again to combine.
Juice orange. You should have close to ½ cup.
Add flour, almond meal and orange juice to mixture, alternately, stirring to combine.
Pour mixture into prepared tin.
Sprinkle with zest from other half of orange, walnuts and rapadura sugar.
Place into oven and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.

Nutrition

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