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.
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.
58 K 4.4/5 (8 reviews)
2 hours 15 min.
Average
1 cake
18 IngredientsLast modified on: January 23th 2019
For 1 cake, you will need:
- 1
0.7 oz butter - 2
0.7 oz ground hazelnuts - 3
0.7 oz brown sugar - 4
1.1 oz flour - 5
2 oranges - 6
1.8 oz water - 7
1.8 oz caster sugar - 8
4.6 oz egg white - 9 1.4 oz caster sugar
- 10
5.6 oz candied fruit - 11 1.1 oz flour
- 12 5.5 oz butter
- 13 2.8 oz caster sugar
- 14
0.7 oz honey - 15
2.1 oz egg yolk - 16 9.9 oz flour
- 17
0.2 oz baking powder - 18
1 teaspoon icing sugar
Change measures:
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 hour 20 min.
Cooking: 60 min.
All in all: 2 hours 15 min.
If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 4 min.
Stage 2 - 4 min.
Beat until the dough is evenly mixed.
Stage 3 - 4 min.
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.
Put in the freezer.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Orange syrup
Put into a saucepan: the juice of 2 oranges (you will need 50g from each orange), 1.8 oz water, 1.8 oz caster sugar and the zest of one of the oranges.Stage 5 - 7 min.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Beaten egg whites
Beat 4.6 oz egg white to stiff peak stage and add 1.4 oz caster sugar at the end.
Put to wait in the fridge.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
Cut 5.6 oz candied fruit (orange) into small dice.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Put into a bowl and add 1.1 oz flour.
Stage 9 - 2 min.
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.
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.
Stage 11 - 5 min.
Beat until evenly mixed.
Stage 12 - 5 min.
Add 2.1 oz egg yolk and beat again.
Stage 13 - 5 min.
Sieve 9.9 oz flour and 0.2 oz baking powder into the bowl with the excess flour off the candied fruit.
Stage 14 - 5 min.
Beat once again until evely mixed.
Stage 15 - 7 min.
With the mixer on slow speed, add the beaten egg whites a little at a time.
Stage 16 - 3 min.
Finish by adding the candied fruit.
Stage 17 - 3 min.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Put the cake batter into a buttered loaf tin or mould.
Put the cake batter into a buttered loaf tin or mould.
Stage 18 - 3 min.
Scatter the frozen hazelnut crumble topping over.
Stage 19 - 50 min.
Bake for 40-50 minutes.
Stage 20 - 5 min.
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.
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.
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 recipe | 50 RDI=20 % | 560 RDI=50 % | 190 RDI=30 % | 4,170 RDI=210 % | 17,460 RDI: 210 % |
| Per 100 g | 2 RDI=1 % | 30 RDI=3 % | 10 RDI=2 % | 260 RDI=10 % | 1,070 RDI: 10 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 6.25 €
Change currency: 
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Candied fruit
Like these other recipes: Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Provençal colombier for Pentecost, Panettone, Fondant-iced pithivier, ... See them all 4
Egg white
Like these other recipes: Armagnac marzipan, Coconut paste, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Mousse with two chocolates, Coconut "croute à thé", ... See them all 52
Egg yolk
Like these other recipes: Household cake (Gâteau de ménage), Blanquette of veal, Tagliatelle and courgette spaghetti, carbonara style, Key Lime Pie for Jeremy, Flognarde, ... See them all 74
Water
Like these other recipes: Clementine cake, Leek and potato soup, Zucchini and potato scarpaccia, French Family Cake, Mint and chocolate cream, ... See them all 136
Other recipes you may also like
Almond cream
Light and delicious, it is used in a lot of desserts like tarts, cakes and pies (epiphany galette). August 31th 2025474 K 25 20 min.
Hummus
Hummus (or houmous), is one of the famous and delicious Lebanese "mezzes". May 30th 2020346 K4.7 20 min.
Broad bean salad with Parmesan
A salad that combines crunchy almonds, tender broad beans, with the flavours of balsamic vinegar, parmesan and herbs. February 21th 2011283 K3.8 25 min.
How to prevent bad breath after eating garlic
The main problem with garlic, is that even a long while after eating it, you often still have the smell on your breath. February 21th 201176 K 24.3
How to dust
"Dusting" in cooking is sprinkling a very fine layer of something in powder form. Icing sugar or cocoa powder on cakes for example. As this is not very easy to do evenly, here is a way to do it. October 13th 2010156 K5 2 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2025-09-21)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.