Pride Of Andalusia
- 6 ounces butter, softened
- 7 ounces caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 4 ounces ground almonds
- 2 ounces self-raising flour, sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 medium oranges
- 4 tablespoons marmalade or 4 tablespoons crabapple jelly
- 2 teaspoons water
- Preheat overn to 150u0b0C.
- Butter a 18-19cm cake tin, not a loose based one.
- Scrub oranges to remove any wax. Slice oranges very thinly (do not peel). Remove any pips.
- Whisk butter with 6 oz suger until fluffy.
- Add eggs one by one.
- Stir in almonds, flour and salt.
- Sprinkle remainder of sugar on the base of the cake tin. Using the most perfect slices of orange, arrange them overlapping a lot on the base of the cake tin. Use up slightly more than a third of the slices.
- Spread a third of the cake mixture onto the oranges.
- Add another layer of the orange slices.
- Spread another layer of cake mix.
- Layer of orange slices.
- Spoon on remaining cake mix.
- Bake for 2 hours (approximately) until the top is dark brown. Ease the cake out of the tin and turn out the cake onto a plate and allow to cool. The orange slices will now be on the top of the cake.
- Melt the marmalade/jelly with the water and spread over the top of the cake. Leave to cool.
- Slice with a sharp knife to serve.
- Soured cream or creme fraice is good as an accompaniment.
butter, sugar, eggs, ground almonds, flour, salt, oranges, marmalade, water
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pride-of-andalusia-159662 (may not work)