Mandarin and almond cake - Real Recipes from Mums

Full of citrus, very yummy, gluten free, dairy free.

Ingredients (makes 1 22cm cake)

3 mandarins
1 cup coconut sugar
6 eggs
2 cups almond meal

Method

Place whole unpeeled mandarins, in a saucepan and cover with water, bring to the boil then simmer for 1 hour. Allow to cool completely then pull them apart and remove any pips. Then puree the mandarins including the peel
Beat eggs and sugar until thick and glossy, then add mandarins puree and almond meal and stir well
Pour into a 22 cm, paper lined cake tin and bake in a preheated oven at 160C for 60mins. Turn onto a wire rack and allow to cool. Either ice or serve plain.

Notes

This cake is full of flavour which is why I didn't ice it. Mandarins can be replaced with oranges or lemons. I also made a few little cupcakes for my toddler and she loved it.

26 Comments

- - mom112217 said
  - 09 Dec 2016
    1:51 pm
A cake with loads of flavour,love it!

- - mom134803 said
  - 18 Sep 2016
    11:58 am
Love the ingredients but a bit too much sugar for me.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 03 Sep 2016
    8:52 am
jeepers, love the sound of this cake, and the few ingredients

- - mom19782016 said
  - 20 Jan 2016
    1:36 pm
Thanks for posting this recipe which caters for a number of allergies. Looks nice and I like the idea of using mandarin in it.

- - rachelvk said
  - 16 Jan 2016
    1:43 pm
Wow, I have not come across anything like this before. Looks delicious.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 13 Jan 2016
    6:10 pm
gosh – great recipe. mandarins are so under utilised in modern cooking

- - mom160421 said
  - 29 Nov 2015
    10:04 pm
Sounds delicious and full of flavour.

- - mom94378 said
  - 08 Nov 2015
    12:35 pm
Wonderful thing to bring to work morning tea.

- - jellybean01 said
  - 29 Oct 2015
    10:53 pm
not many ingredients and looks super easy! Will give it a go soon

- - mom113055 said
  - 07 Oct 2015
    11:48 pm
full of citrus

- - mom66977 said
  - 27 Sep 2015
    8:26 pm
sounds super easy cant wait to try

- - dannsbuild said
  - 17 Sep 2015
    10:08 pm
Sounds great! Thanks for sharing this recipe! Very nice!

- - kymichelle said
  - 17 Sep 2015
    10:03 am
I have an abundance of mandarins at the moment and would love to make this thanks!

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 03 Sep 2015
    10:38 pm
what?? this sounds way too easy – thanks for sharing. This is being emailed to my mates at work!

- - bubble6369 said
  - 26 Aug 2015
    12:49 am
what a clever and easy recipe!

- - mum4107 said
  - 02 Aug 2015
    8:30 pm
Thank you. I tried to do it with mandarins and sweet limes but it didn’t taste very nice. Lucky I realised that after pureeing lol
- mom93821 replied
  
  03 Aug 2015 , 7:03 am
  Always good to experiment with recipes!
- - mom93821 said
  - 02 Aug 2015
    8:36 am
Thanks for this recipe – a simple and delicious looking recipe – mandarin and almond cake.

- - rebekah.bone said
  - 27 Jul 2015
    11:38 am
Don’t know if I’ve commented on this but this looks delicious, thanks for sharing.

- - Jazbright said
  - 26 Jul 2015
    10:09 pm
I adore mandarins, this looks lovely

- - mom57808 said
  - 19 Jul 2015
    7:18 am
MMMMM SO GOOD YUMMMMMO