Orange and Almond Bundt Cake

This lovely and simple recipe is completely free from flour making it a perfect gluten free sweet treat. Recipe by @naturally.sassy

• Ingredients

  3 oranges

  6 eggs

  350g ground almonds

  ¼ tsp vanilla extract

  ½ cup coconut sugar

  1 ½ cups cashews

  ½ cup water

  Juice of 1 Orange

  ½ cup xylitol

• Method

  Step 1: If you have an AGA eR7 Series cooker, turn your baking oven on to B4. Other AGA models, you will be using the baking oven for this recipe.

  Step 2: Peel the oranges and place them in a saucepan covered in water. Bring the water to the boil, then put a lid on the pan and simmer the oranges for 45 minutes until they’re very soft. Drain them and put to one side. When cool, put the oranges in a food processor and blitz to a purée.

  Step 3: Whisk the eggs in a bowl before adding in the ground almonds, orange puree, vanilla extract and coconut sugar. Combine well.

  Step 4: Pour the mixture into a silicone Bundt cake mould, and place the bottom of the mould on a baking tray before placing in the AGA baking oven to cook for 45-50 minutes.

  Step 5: Whilst the cake cooks make the icing. Add 1 ½ cups cashews, ½ cup water, Juice 1 orange, ½ cup xylitol to your food processor. Blend until smooth. Spoon into a bowl and set to the side.

  Step 6: Once the cake is fully baked, remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes before removing from the mould and placing on a cooling rack. After the cake has fully cooled, add the icing. As the icing is fairly runny I recommend placing a baking sheet underneath the cooling rack and pouring the icing over so any excess drops through. Dress with orange zest and poppy seeds, and you’re ready to serve.