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🍰 Moist Almond Cake with Orange Sauce

549 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• soft butter (for the baking pan)
• soft bread crumbs (for the baking pan)
• 250 g soft butter
• 300 g sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 untreated orange (juice and zest)
• 4 eggs
• 250 g flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 250 g ground almond kernels
• 80 ml milk
• powdered sugar (for dusting)
• 2 oranges
• 1 lemon
• 0.5 cinnamon stick
• 40 ml orange liqueur
• 50 g sugar

Instructions

1. 1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius with fan setting.
2. 2. Grease a springform pan generously with butter.
3. 3. Sprinkle a few breadcrumbs or dry breadcrumbs inside so the cake does not stick later.
4. 4. Beat the butter together with 250 grams of sugar in a bowl until creamy and light.
5. 5. Stir in a pinch of salt, the juice of one orange, and the grated zest of the orange.
6. 6. Add the eggs one by one.
7. 7. Mix each egg well before adding the next.
8. 8. Mix the flour with the baking powder and 200 grams of ground almonds in a separate bowl.
9. 9. Now add the flour mixture and the milk alternately to the butter-egg mixture.
10. 10. Stir everything until smooth until you have a soft, thick batter.
11. 11. Fill the batter into the prepared pan.
12. 12. Smooth the surface.
13. 13. Bake the cake for about 60 minutes.
14. 14. Test with a wooden skewer to
15. 15. Squeeze the juice from the oranges and the lemon.
16. 16. Bring the juice together with cinnamon, a splash of liqueur, and sugar to a boil in a saucepan.
17. 17. Let the sauce simmer gently for about 5 minutes.
18. 18. Then strain it through a fine sieve to remove any particles
19. 19. and let it cool completely.
20. 20. Carefully release the cake from the pan.
21. 21. Cut it into pieces
22. 22. and serve it in small bowls together with the cooled sauce.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 549
• Protein: 9 g · Fett/Fat: 31 g · Carbs: 67 g