Sunshine On A Plate – Flourless Orange Cake

Gluten free, dairy free and chock full of yummy flavor!Our dear chum Sheila shared this recipe with us and we just had to pass it along to you. This could be the perfect dessert for your Oscar party this weekend:-)

Sheila writes:

Hi:

Since I have gotten some wonderful recipes from Chums I thought I would contribute one. You may already have this but I found it recently in Canadian Living magazine. I am always on the lookout for really tasty, easy recipes. This one fits the bill perfectly. It is very moist and delicious.  The recipe says it makes 10 servings at 235 calories per. I tend to cut the pieces smaller for less calories.

Hope you enjoy and find it useful for the Chums site.

Love to all.

Sheilia

ORANGE ALMOND FLOURLESS SNACKING CAKE

6 eggs separated
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp orange zest
1 tablespoon vanilla
Pinch cinnamon
2 cups ground almonds (almond flour)*
2 tbsp orange juice
2 tsp icing sugar

Pre heat oven 350°. Grease 9-inch spring form pan, line bottom with parchment paper.

In large bowl, using hand mixer beat together egg yolks, sugar, orange zest, vanilla and cinnamon until butter-colored and thick enough to form long ribbons that hold their shape for 2 seconds when beaters are lifted – about 5 minutes. Fold in almond flour and orange juice.

In separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Stir one quarter into egg yolk mixture until combined. Fold in remaining egg whites until combined. Scrape into prepared pan.

Bake in 350° oven until cake pulls away from the side of pan and top is golden and firm to the touch – about 35 minutes. Run knife around edge, let cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes.

Transfer cake to rack and cool completely. Dust with icing sugar. (Can be stored on airtight container for up to 5 days.)

* (Trader Joes carries Almond Meal which is the same thing as almond flour.  If you prefer, you can always grind almonds to a fine texture in your food processor.  Just watch carefully so as not to allow the nuts to turn to almond butter.)

A piece of this and you will be saying in true Oscar style “And the winner is….Sheilia!  You’ll be singing her praises and feeling much love, joy and some very abundant living. 🙂

PS: Flourless cakes tend to sink a bit in the middle. Not a problem, it does not affect the taste. The icing will dissolve as it stands on the cake so dust just before serving. Although it will keep up to 5 days, it never lasts that long in my house