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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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2 hours 15 min. difficulté

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6.20 €

1 cake

18 Ingredients

Last modified on: January 23^th 2019

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For 1 cake, you will need:

1 1 ½ tablespoon butter
2 1 ½ tablespoon ground hazelnuts
3 1 ½ tablespoon brown sugar
4 2 tablespoons flour
5 2 oranges
6 ¼ cup water
7 ¼ cup caster sugar
8 ²⁄₃ cup egg white
9 3 tablespoons caster sugar
10 ¾ cup candied fruit
11 2 tablespoons flour
12 ²⁄₃ cup butter
13 ½ cup caster sugar
14 1 ½ tablespoon honey
15 ¹⁄₃ cup egg yolk
16 1 cup + 3 tablespoons flour
17 1 ¼ teaspoon baking powder
18 1 teaspoon icing sugar

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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 crumble topping

Put into a food mixer bowl: 1 ½ tablespoon butter, 1 ½ tablespoon ground hazelnuts, 1 ½ tablespoon brown sugar and 2 tablespoons flour.

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.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Orange syrup

Put into a saucepan: the juice of 2 oranges (you will need 50g from each orange), ¼ cup water, ¼ cup caster sugar and the zest of one of the oranges.

Stage 5 - 7 min.

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

Set aside.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Beaten egg whites

Beat ²⁄₃ cup egg white to stiff peak stage and add 3 tablespoons caster sugar at the end.

Put to wait in the fridge.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Cut ¾ cup candied fruit (orange) into small dice.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Put into a bowl and add 2 tablespoons 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.

Stage 10 - 3 min.

Cake batter

Put into a mixer bowl: ²⁄₃ cup butter, ½ cup caster sugar and 1 ½ tablespoon honey.

Stage 11 - 5 min.

Beat until evenly mixed.

Stage 12 - 5 min.

Add ¹⁄₃ cup egg yolk and beat again.

Stage 13 - 5 min.

Sieve 1 cup + 3 tablespoons flour and 1 ¼ teaspoon 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.

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.

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 %

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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