This is a deliciously moist, gluten-free torte recipe, which you can make the day before to enjoy the full flavour of the spicy syrup.
Looking for something more traditional for Christmas Day? Try our gluten-free Christmas pudding recipe.
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Ingredients
- Butter, for greasing
- 350g ground almonds
- 350g caster sugar
- 3 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3 tsp baking powder (gluten-free if you need it to be)
- 8 large free-range eggs, lightly beaten
- 400ml sunflower oil
- Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
- Finely grated zest and juice of 2 oranges
- 200g dried cranberries, plus extra to decorate
- 3 cloves
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Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°c/fan160°c/gas 4. Grease and line a 23cm springform cake tin. In a bowl, combine the ground almonds, 300g of the caster sugar, 2 tsp of the cinnamon and the baking powder. Make a well in the centre and add the eggs and sunflower oil, mixing together. Mix in the citrus zests and dried cranberries.
- Spoon into the cake tin and bake for 50 minutes-1 hour or until a fine skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Meanwhile, gently heat the citrus juices in a pan with the remaining sugar, cloves and remaining cinnamon until the sugar dissolves, then increase the heat to a simmer and cook for 3 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the oven and pierce a few times with a skewer. Drizzle over the citrus syrup and leave for 1 hour to soak in. Transfer the cake to a wire rack and decorate with extra dried cranberries. Serve with pouring cream.
Nutrition
- 707kcals Calories
- 55g (6.7g saturated) Fat
- 14.6g Protein
- 41.7g (38.4g sugar) Carbs
- 0.6g Salt
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