Hazelnut and orange cake


Hazelnut and orange cake
A very elegant cake topped with a sprinkling of hazelnut crumble, and with a double helping of orange flavour from chopped candied peel and the orange syrup soaked into the cake after cooking.

The recipe is rather sophisticated, inspired by those used by pastry cooks at the INBP. It is a bit trickier than a basic cake, but the result is well worth it.
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Last modified on: January 23th 2019
For 1 cake, you will need:

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 hour 20 min.
Cooking: 60 min.
All in all: 2 hours 15 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 4 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake

Hazelnut crumble topping

Put into a food mixer bowl: 20 g butter, 20 g ground hazelnuts, 20 g brown sugar and 20 g flour.

Stage 2 - 4 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Beat until the dough is evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 4 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Break up the dough into small pieces and spread out over a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.

Put in the freezer.

Stage 4 - 5 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake

Orange syrup

Put into a saucepan: the juice of 2 oranges (you will need 50g from each orange), 50 g water, 50 g caster sugar and the zest of one of the oranges.

Stage 5 - 7 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Bring the syrup to the boil, then take off the heat and cover.

Set aside.

Stage 6 - 5 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake

Beaten egg whites



Beat 130 g egg white to stiff peak stage and add 40 g caster sugar at the end.

Put to wait in the fridge.

Stage 7 - 5 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Cut 160 g candied fruit (orange) into small dice.

Stage 8 - 3 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Put into a bowl and add 20 g flour.

Stage 9 - 2 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Mix together thoroughly with a fork.

This is to stop the candied fruit sinking to the bottom of the cake during cooking, so it should stay evenly spread through the cake.

Stage 10 - 3 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake

Cake batter

Put into a mixer bowl: 150 g butter, 80 g caster sugar and 20 g honey.

Stage 11 - 5 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Beat until evenly mixed.

Stage 12 - 5 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Add 60 g egg yolk and beat again.

Stage 13 - 5 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Sieve 180 g flour and 6 g baking powder into the bowl with the excess flour off the candied fruit.

Stage 14 - 5 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Beat once again until evely mixed.

Stage 15 - 7 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
With the mixer on slow speed, add the beaten egg whites a little at a time.

Stage 16 - 3 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Finish by adding the candied fruit.

Stage 17 - 3 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Put the cake batter into a buttered loaf tin or mould.

Stage 18 - 3 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Scatter the frozen hazelnut crumble topping over.

Stage 19 - 50 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Bake for 40-50 minutes.

Stage 20 - 5 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Turn out while still hot onto a wire rack and use a brush to soak the cake with the orange syrup.

Stage 21 - 2 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Decorate with a dusting of icing sugar.
Remarks
For the fruit, try using candied grapefruit peel, which works very well.

This cake lends itself easily to different versions, such as almond and lemon.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered in plastic film.
Source: Home made, based on a recipe from INBP (French national bakery institute).
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe50 RDI=20 %560 RDI=50 %190 RDI=30 %4,170 RDI=210 %17,460 RDI: 210 %
Per 100 g2 RDI=1 %30 RDI=3 %10 RDI=2 %260 RDI=10 %1,070 RDI: 10 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Nuts, Gluten, Egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 cake : 6.25 €

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