Name: Gluten Free Orange Almond Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12 people
Ingredients: 3 Eggs; 40 gr (3 tbsp) Brown Sugar; 250 ml (1 cup) Orange Juice ((about 2 large oranges)); 250 gr (2 1/2 cup) Almond Meal; 60 ml (1/4 cup) Canola Oil; 30 gr (3 tbsp) Cornstarch; 1 Orange - juiced; 2 tbsp Lemon Juice (optional); 2 tbsp Brown Sugar; 1 Orange - peels & juice; 2 tbsp Lemon Juice; 2 tbsp Brown Sugar; 1 teasp. Cinnamon Powder; 1/2 teasp. Ginger Powder

Gluten Free Almond Orange Cake

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This Dairy Free, Flourless Almond Orange Cake is the most delicious, light and moist gluten free cake. Made from scratch with fresh ingredients, it is the perfect Passover Cake recipe… or simply a great flourless cake to enjoy every day of the year!

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Slice of Orange Almond Cake with Orange Syrup and Candied Oranges

Flourless Orange Cake with Almonds

This Gluten Free Orange Cake with Almond Meal is probably one of the easiest on the blog. Most of the recipes for and almond orange cake requires you to boil your oranges for a few hours before blending them into the cake batter… nothing like this here! I simply used the Orange Juice to make a really quick, easy and fresh cake batter. Made with a few ingredients only, this cake will be ready to be baked in about 10 minutes!

Orange Almond Cake Ingredients

Best thing about this cake: it really only requires a handful of ingredients! Nothing fancy or hard to find here… if you love to bake and love to use almond meal, you already should have it all in the pantry!

Eggs
Brown Sugar
Orange Juice
Canola Oil (or any other unflavoured vegetable oil that can be baked)
Almond Meal
Cornstarch

How to make this Dairy-Free and Gluten-Free Orange Cake

There are four steps to make this Orange Cake. And what I love about it is that boiling oranges for 2 hours is not one of them! Although most recipes require you to boil full oranges, then blend them through the cake batter, this recipe only uses the juice of the orange. So much quicker and easier, without compromising on the taste! Here are the steps to make this Almond Orange Cake:

Seperate the Egg Whites and Egg Yolks
Whisk the Egg Yolks with the Sugar. Add the liquid ingredients (Oil and Orange Juice), then the dry ingredients (Almond Meal and Cornstarch)
Whip the Egg Whites into stiff peaks
Gently fold in the Egg Whites into the cake batter

Pretty straight forward, isn’t it? Not only the almond meal will bring a delicious moisture to the cake, the whipped egg whites will also make it super light and airy. Note that for this recipe, I used Almond Meal and not Almond Flour. Almond Meal is basically coarsely ground raw almonds, which brings a great texture to the cake. I find that Almond Flour is often ground too thinly and looses that delicious almond crunch.

Orange Almond Cake with Orange Marmelade

Orange Syrup to top the Flourless Orange Cake

The Orange Syrup is a big part of this recipe. It brings a delicious tangy flavour to the cake, as well as a great shine! To make the Orange Syrup, you will need:

the juice of 1 orange
a little bit or lemon juice (this is optional, but it helps to bring out the orange flavour)
some Brown Sugar

Simply place these 3 ingredients in a small pot and leave to simmer and reduce until slightly sticky. Then, brush all over the cake once it has cooled down. You can also make small holes on the cake with the tip of the knife before pouring over the syrup. That is a great way to get the syrup all the way inside the cake!

Slice of Orange Almond Cake with Orange Syrup and Marmalade

How to make Candied Orange Peels to finish this easy Orange Cake

Making Candied Orange Peels is way more simple that it seems. Whether you want to make candied oranges slices like in my Orange Glazed Spiced Honey Cake or simple candied peels like here, the process is basically the same.

First, use a vegetable peeler to get the orange peels. Try to leave as much of the white skin as possible, as it is the most bitter part of the fruit. Thinly chop the peels into long strips.
Boil the orange peels a couple of times, draining them well under cold water between each time, to remove all the bitterness.
Add the orange juice (you can also add some orange flesh to make more of a marmalade), sugar and spices and leave to reduce until most of the liquid has evaporated.

Close up on the Flourless Orange Almond Cake

More Gluten Free Recipes Ideas:

Gluten Free Strawberry Almond Cake

Vegan Mango Cheesecake

Vegan Mini Blueberry Tarts

French Buckwheat Crepes

Gluten Free Carrot Cake
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Vegan Banana Bread (Gluten Free + Sugar-Free)

Gluten-Free Banana Buckwheat Pancakes

Dairy Free & Gluten Free Orange Cake with Almond Meal Recipe:

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5 from 16 votes

Gluten Free Orange Almond Cake

This Dairy Free, Flourless Almond Orange Cake is the most delicious, light and moist gluten free cake made from scratch with fresh ingredients only.

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Total Time50 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: jewish

Servings: 12 people

Author: A Baking Journey

Ingredients

Orange Almond Cake

3 Eggs
40 gr (3 tbsp) Brown Sugar
250 ml (1 cup) Orange Juice , (about 2 large oranges)
250 gr (2 1/2 cup) Almond Meal
60 ml (1/4 cup) Canola Oil
30 gr (3 tbsp) Cornstarch

Orange Syrup

1 Orange – juiced
2 tbsp Lemon Juice, optional
2 tbsp Brown Sugar

Candied Orange Peels (optional)

1 Orange – peels & juice
2 tbsp Lemon Juice
2 tbsp Brown Sugar
1 teasp. Cinnamon Powder
1/2 teasp. Ginger Powder

Instructions