Spice cake with almonds and orange juice

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 350 g flour
• 175 g sugar
• 1 packet of baking powder
• 100 ml milk
• 150 ml orange juice
• 4 eggs, separated
• 125 g butter or margarine
• 40 g cocoa powder
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 100 g almonds, chopped
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1 tsp nutmeg, grated
• 1 tsp. clove powder

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Rest period approx. 2 days; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 2 days 1 hour 10 minutes

No raisins or candied fruit. Super delicious and very light! The cake will keep well for a few days!

Preheat oven to 180°C. Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the butter or margarine. Mix the flour with the baking powder and sift into the egg mixture. Add the cocoa powder, vanilla sugar, spices, milk and orange juice and mix everything into a dough. Now briefly fold in the chopped almonds. Beat the egg whites until stiff and finally fold into the batter. Spread the batter into a greased springform pan with a tube insert and bake at 180°C for about 60 minutes. It is best to bake the finished cake two days before eating so that it is well set. Dust with powdered sugar or glaze as desired. You can also simply add 4 teaspoons of gingerbread spice to the batter instead of the cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.