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.
46 K 4.4/5 (8 reviews)
2 hours 15 min.
Average
2 cakes
18 IngredientsLast modified on: January 23th 2019
For 2 cakes, you will need:
- 1
40 g butter - 2
40 g ground hazelnuts - 3
40 g brown sugar - 4
40 g flour - 5
4 oranges - 6
100 g water - 7
100 g caster sugar - 8
260 g egg white - 9 80 g caster sugar
- 10
320 g candied fruit - 11 40 g flour
- 12 300 g butter
- 13 160 g caster sugar
- 14
40 g honey - 15
120 g egg yolk - 16 360 g flour
- 17
12 g baking powder - 18
2 teaspoons icing sugar - Total weight: 3,265 grams
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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.
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 4 oranges (you will need 50g from each orange), 100 g water, 100 g caster sugar and the zest of one of the oranges.Stage 5 - 7 min.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Beaten egg whites
Beat 260 g egg white to stiff peak stage and add 80 g caster sugar at the end.
Put to wait in the fridge.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
Cut 320 g candied fruit (orange) into small dice.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Put into a bowl and add 40 g 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 120 g egg yolk and beat again.
Stage 13 - 5 min.
Sieve 360 g flour and 12 g 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 | 100 RDI=40 % | 1,130 RDI=110 % | 380 RDI=60 % | 8,340 RDI=420 % | 34,930 RDI: 420 % |
| Per 100 g | 2 RDI=1 % | 30 RDI=3 % | 10 RDI=2 % | 260 RDI=10 % | 1,070 RDI: 10 % |
| Per cake | 50 RDI=20 % | 560 RDI=50 % | 190 RDI=30 % | 4,170 RDI=210 % | 17,460 RDI: 210 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 cakes : 12.45 €
- Per cake : 6.25 €
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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
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Egg white
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Egg yolk
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Water
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