Upside down Orange cake

For the orange and almonds cake, we use the Divine taste almond cake recipe that uses condensed milk.  I am going to halve this recipe and make a small cake.

Ingredients:

For the Eggless Almond Cake:

175 gm (1 1/4 cup) plain flour
50 gm (1/3 cup) almonds
1 tin, 400 gm sweetened condensed milk
100 gm (1/2 cup or 1 stick) butter, melted
175 ml ( 3/4 cup or 6 fl oz) water
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp pure almond extract
1 tsp vanilla extract

Zest from 2 oranges

orange oil extract to up the flavour

For the sticky orange syrup:

• 220 g (7.8oz) caster (superfine) sugar
• 125 ml (4.4fl oz) water
• 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
• 2 oranges, very thinly sliced

1. To make the topping, place the sugar, water and vanilla in a 2.5 litre-capacity 20cm non-stick ovenproof frying pan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
2. Add the orange and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until the orange is soft. Remove from the heat and set aside.

Method:

To make the cake:

Place the almonds In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade or an electric coffee mill and pulse until finely ground. It is important not to over grind as you would end up with almond butter instead of almond meal.

Grease and line the bottom of a  deep 9” round cake tin with greaseproof paper/baking parchment or butter paper. Alternatively use 2 9” round shallow cake tins and divide the batter accordingly. Preheat the oven at 150 degrees centigrade.

In a mixing bowl, assemble the flour, baking powder and baking soda, mix with a spoon and sieve once to make the mixture uniform. Stir in the almond meal into the flour mixture.

In a large bowl assemble the liquid ingredients the melted butter, condensed milk, water, almond and vanilla extract and using a hand blender beat until well mixed. Add half the flour mixture and beat again. Put in the remaining flour mixture and beat until you get a smooth batter without lumps. Dont over beat the batter as this would interfere with getting a soft cake.

Put the syrup in a greased 9" pan and Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for an hour or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes clean.

Should be good as a nice dessert after a sunday lunch.