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Orange & campari cake

A syrup-soaked dense orange & Campari cake recipe.
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orange & campari cake
Prep Time:15 minutes
Cook Time:45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 8 seedless oranges blood or otherwise
  • 350 g Greek Yoghurt
  • 300 gms caster sugar
  • 4 large free-range eggs
  • 250 gm butter melted and then cooled
  • 350 g semolina flour
  • 100 g almond flour/ground almonds
  • 100 ml Campari
  • 300 g granulated white sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 170C and grease and line a 23cm springform cake tin with baking paper.
  • Finely grate the zest of four of the oranges.
  • In a large mixing bowl, lightly beat the eggs with a whisk. Add the yoghurt, the zest, and the caster sugar and beat until well combined. Pour over the cooled melted butter and mix to incorporate.
  • Add the semolina and almond flour and fold through until it’s well mixed. Scrape into your prepared cake tin and flatten out the top with a spatula. Bake for 45 minutes and until golden brown. You will know your cake is done when I sharp knife comes out clean.
  • While the cake is baking juice the 8 oranges and strain this through a fine sieve. Add the juice along with Campari and 300gms of granulated sugar to a medium bot and bring to a boil. Allow to simmer for about 20 – 30 minutes until it becomes syrupy. It would have halved in volume.
  • When the cake comes out of the oven, prick it all over with a toothpick or skewer and pour over the syrup in batches until most of it is absorbed.

Notes

Store in a sealed container for up to 5 days.
Author: Sam Linsell