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

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For 2 cakes, you will need:

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1 hour 18 min.57 min.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: 40 g butter, 40 g ground hazelnuts, 40 g brown sugar and 40 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 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.
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 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.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Cut 320 g candied fruit (orange) into small dice.

Stage 8 - 3 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Put into a bowl and add 40 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: 300 g butter, 160 g caster sugar and 40 g honey.

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

Stage 12 - 5 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Add 120 g egg yolk and beat again.

Stage 13 - 5 min.
Hazelnut and orange cake
Sieve 360 g flour and 12 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
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
8,342 Kcal or 34,926 Kj96 gr1,129 gr383 gr
417 %37 %106 %58 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
256 Kcal or 1,072 Kj3 gr35 gr12 gr
13 %1 %3 %2 %
Per cake
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
4,171 Kcal or 17,463 Kj48 gr564 gr192 gr
209 %18 %53 %29 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Nuts, Gluten, Egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 2 cakes : 12.40 €
  • Per cake : 6.20 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
Candied fruitCandied fruit: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Panettone, Provençal colombier for Pentecost, Fondant-iced pithivier, Sicilian Epiphany Pie, ... All
Egg whiteEgg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to add beaten eggs whites to a mixture, Coconut tuiles, Almond macaroon cake, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Eton mess, ... All
Egg yolkEgg yolk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Paris-Brest, Clementine Creamy, Flognarde, Pain perdu, You should not leave egg yolks in contact with sugar, ... All
WaterWater: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quick courgette soup with cheese, Choux pastry (pâte à choux), Super-green, super-thrifty soup, Sorrel soup, Raisin breads (pains aux raisins), ... All
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