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Blood Orange & Blackberry Vanilla Gluten Free Cake with Warm Orange Syrup & Fresh Mint

Ingredients

GF, RSF, VEG
1.5 hours
10

Cake

  • 125g salted butter
  • 1 cup coconut sugar, plus extra ¼ cup 
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups almond meal
  • ½ cup potato starch
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp bi-carb soda 
  • Juice of half a blood orange (or orange)
  • 1 tbs vanilla powder or extract
  • Zest of 1 blood orange (or orange)
  • 1 blood orange (or orange), thinly sliced & squeezed dry between paper towel
  • ¾ cup fresh or frozen blackberries 
  • Fresh mint & natural yoghurt to serve​


Warm Orange Syrup

  • Juice of two blood oranges (or oranges)
  • 2 tbs pure maple syrup or coconut sugar
  • ¼ tsp vanilla powder or extract

Method

  1. Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees celsius.
  2. Grease and line a 20cm springform cake pan and set aside.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until smooth.
  4. Add the eggs one at time, beating well between each addition.
  5. Fold in the almond meal, potato starch, bi-carb soda, baking powder, vanilla, orange rind and juice.
  6. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and arrange the orange slices and blackberries on top.
  7. Next sprinkle ¼ cup coconut sugar evenly over the top of the cake.
  8. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
  9. Remove the cake from the oven and set aside for 5-10 minutes.
  10. Remove the cake from the tin and place onto a serving plate.
  11. Pour the juice of two blood oranges (or oranges), maple syrup (or coconut sugar), and vanilla into a small saucepan and bring to a simmer.
  12. Simmer for 2-3 minutes, then remove from the heat.
  13. Pour the warm syrup over the warm cake and serve with natural yoghurt and fresh mint. Enjoy!

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