Cakes · Original adaptation
Spiced Almond Love Cake Recipe
A moist almond cake scented with cardamom, cinnamon, orange, rose water, and honey.
Inspired by The Great Canadian Baking Show, Season 8, Episode 1
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Spiced Almond Love Cake
- Prep
- 25 min
- Bake
- 42 min
- Total
- 1 hr 7 min
- Makes
- One 20 cm cake, serving 10
Ingredients
- 160 g unsalted butter, softened
- 160 g caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 160 g ground almonds
- 80 g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- Finely grated zest of 1 orange
- 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon rose water
- 40 g runny honey
- 30 g sliced almonds
Method
Heat the oven to 175 C, or 155 C fan. Grease a 20 cm round cake pan and line the base with baking paper.
Beat the butter and sugar for 3 minutes until pale. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
Whisk the ground almonds, flour, baking powder, cardamom, cinnamon, and salt, then fold them into the butter mixture.
Fold in the orange zest, juice, and rose water. Spread the batter in the pan and scatter the sliced almonds over the top.
Bake for 40 to 42 minutes until golden and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
Warm the honey until fluid, brush it over the warm cake, then transfer the cake to a rack to cool.
From the episode
Cake Week
This adaptation starts from the episode's cake brief and reshapes it for ordinary home equipment and a manageable batch.
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The sources below document the episode challenge. The quantities and method on this page are independently written by Baking Show Guide; they are not copied from a contestant or broadcaster recipe.
