Gluten-free Orange & Lavender Cake
Ingredients
For the cake
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 3 teaspoons dried lavender
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Zest of 2 oranges
- 3-½ cups ground almonds
- 1 tablespoon Fleischmann's® Baking Powder
- 4 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Mazola® Vegetable Oil (plus extra for greasing)
For the icing
- 1/3 cup water
- 3 teaspoons of dried lavender
- 1-½ cups of icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons of orange juice
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
PRODUCTS
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease an 8 cake pan with a bit oil, and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- In a food processor, grind brown sugar and lavender together for 2 minutes until well incorporated and the essence of lavender permeates the sugar.
- Using a fine grater, grate the zest from the lemon and oranges. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the ground almonds, lavender/sugar mixture and baking powder, mix together well. Add in the eggs, oil and zest, mix well.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan, bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until golden brown and toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, then remove and place on cooling rack for 10 minutes.
- To make the icing, bring the water and lavender to a boil in a small saucepan, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Meanwhile squeeze the juice from the zested lemon and oranges into a cup. Strain out any pulp and seeds. In a mixing bowl, add the icing sugar. Strain the lavender from the water, add the lavender water to the icing sugar, with a whisk mix well. Add the citrus juice and continue mixing until well incorporated and smooth. If your icing is very runny add a bit more icing sugar, a tablespoon at a time. Pour icing over your cake and spread evenly. Enjoy!
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