Tunisian Orange Cake
Tunisian Dessert Recipe
- (1) Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas 5
- (2) Grease a 23cm round springform tin
- (3) Cut off the hard bits from the top and bottom of the orange
- (4) Slice the orange and remove all seeds
- (5) Puree the orange with its peel in a food processor
- (6) Add one third of the sugar and the olive oil and continue to mix until well combined
- (7) Sieve together flour and baking powder
- (8) Beat the eggs and the remaining sugar with an electric hand mixer for at least five minutes until very fluffy
- (9) Fold in half of the flour mixture, then the orange and the vanilla, then fold in the remaining flour
- (10) Mix well but not for too long
- (11) Pour cake mixture into prepared tin and smooth out
- (12) Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes
- (13) Reduce the oven temperature to 160 C / Gas 2 and bake again for 30 minutes Bake until the cake is golden brown and a skewer comes out clean
- (14) Cool on a wire cake rack