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Orange & campari cake

A syrup-soaked dense orange & Campari cake recipe.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Course: Cake
Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

  • 8 seedless oranges blood or otherwise
  • 350 g Greek yoghurt
  • 300 gms caster sugar
  • 4 large free-range eggs
  • 250 gm butter melted and then cooled
  • 350 g semolina flour
  • 100 g almond flour/ground almonds
  • 100 ml campari
  • 300 g granulated white sugar

Instructions

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  1. Preheat the oven to 170C and grease and line a 23cm springform cake tin with baking paper.
  2. Finely grate the zest of four of the oranges.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, lightly beat the eggs with a whisk. Add the yoghurt, the zest, and the caster sugar and beat until well combined. Pour over the cooled melted butter and mix to incorporate.
  4. Add the semolina and almond flour and fold through until it’s well mixed. Scrape into your prepared cake tin and flatten out the top with a spatula. Bake for 45 minutes and until golden brown. You will know your cake is done when I sharp knife comes out clean.
  5. While the cake is baking juice the 8 oranges and strain this through a fine sieve. Add the juice along with Campari and 300gms of granulated sugar to a medium bot and bring to a boil. Allow to simmer for about 20 – 30 minutes until it becomes syrupy. It would have halved in volume.
  6. When the cake comes out of the oven, prick it all over with a toothpick or skewer and pour over the syrup in batches until most of it is absorbed.

Notes

  • Store in a sealed container for up to 5 days.