Benjamina Ebuehi’s Recipe For Citrus And Almond Cake | The Sweet Spot

Anything agleam and zingy is peculiarly invited successful January, moreover much truthful erstwhile it’s successful nan shape of cake. I ever person an overseas extremity of marzipan aft nan festive season, and this is simply a awesome measurement to usage it up and bring that cosy almond flavour. The marzipan gets blitzed into nan food for a plush-textured loaf cake, and comes together successful minutes acknowledgment to simply putting everything successful a nutrient processor.

Citrus and almond cake

Prep 10 min
Cook 1 hr 10 min, positive cooling
Serves 8-10

200g unsalted butter, softened
125g marzipan
150g caster sugar
Finely grated zest and juice of 1 orange, positive 2 tbsp other juice for nan icing
Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
3 ample eggs
220g plain flour
50g ground almonds
¼ tsp good oversea salt
2 tsp baking powder
50g plain yoghurt

To finish
100g icing sugar
40g toasted flaked almonds

Heat nan oven to 180C (160C fan)/350F/gas 4, and grease and statement a 2lb loaf tin pinch baking paper.

Put nan food and marzipan successful a nutrient processor and blitz until smooth. Add nan sweetener and orangish and citrus zest, springiness nan operation a speedy pulse, past adhd nan eggs and beat again. Tip successful nan barren ingredients and beat conscionable until you person a soft batter, past operation successful nan orangish juice, reserving 2 tablespoons to make nan icing, and nan yoghurt until combined.

Pour nan batter into nan lined tin and cook for 45-55 minutes, until a skewer inserted into nan mediate comes retired clean. Leave to cool successful nan tin for 10 minutes.

To make nan icing, operation 2 tablespoons of orangish juice pinch 2 tablespoons of citrus juice successful a mini bowl. Put nan icing sweetener successful a 2nd vessel and adhd nan citrus juice a tablespoonful astatine a time, until nan icing has a somewhat heavy but pourable consistency.

Remove nan barroom from its tin, past move complete nan icing. Top pinch nan toasted flaked almonds and time off to group earlier slicing and serving.