Hazelnut and orange cake

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39K4.4 January 23th 2019
Hazelnut and orange cake
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For 1 cake, you will need:

Times:

PreparationCookingStart to finish
1 hour 18 min.57 min.2 hours 15 min.

Step by step recipe

1

Hazelnut crumble topping

Put into a food mixer bowl: 20 g butter, 20 g ground hazelnuts, 20 g brown sugar and 20 g flour.
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2Beat until the dough is evenly mixed.Hazelnut and orange cake : etape 25
3Break up the dough into small pieces and spread out over a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.

Put in the freezer.
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4

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.
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5Bring the syrup to the boil, then take off the heat and cover.

Set aside.
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6

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.
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7Cut 160 g candied fruit (orange) into small dice.Hazelnut and orange cake : etape 25
8Put into a bowl and add 20 g flour.Hazelnut and orange cake : etape 25
9Mix 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.
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10

Cake batter

Put into a mixer bowl: 150 g butter, 80 g caster sugar and 20 g honey.
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11Beat until evenly mixed.Hazelnut and orange cake : etape 25
12Add 60 g egg yolk and beat again.Hazelnut and orange cake : etape 25
13Sieve 180 g flour and 6 g baking powder into the bowl with the excess flour off the candied fruit.Hazelnut and orange cake : etape 25
14Beat once again until evely mixed.Hazelnut and orange cake : etape 25
15With the mixer on slow speed, add the beaten egg whites a little at a time.Hazelnut and orange cake : etape 25
16Finish by adding the candied fruit.Hazelnut and orange cake : etape 25
17Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Put the cake batter into a buttered loaf tin or mould.
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18Scatter the frozen hazelnut crumble topping over.Hazelnut and orange cake : etape 25
19Bake for 40-50 minutes.Hazelnut and orange cake : etape 25
20Turn out while still hot onto a wire rack and use a brush to soak the cake with the orange syrup.Hazelnut and orange cake : etape 25
21Decorate with a dusting of icing sugar.Hazelnut and orange cake : etape 25

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.
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