French orange cake

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 4 eggs, including the yolk
• 180 g sugar
• 1 orange(s), grated peel
• 75 g flour
• 75 g starch flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 4 eggs, of which the egg whites
• 80 g butter
• 40 g almond(s), one slice
• ¼ liter orange juice
• 1 lemon(s), juice
• 1 tbsp sugar

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 45 minutes

Beat egg yolks with sugar until frothy. Pour egg whites over the top and sprinkle with orange zest. Add flour mixed with baking powder to the beaten egg whites. Whisk everything together. Stir in the melted, hot butter. Grease the bottom of a 28cm or 26cm springform pan, line it with parchment paper, sprinkle with almonds, and immediately pour in the batter. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Thermostat setting: 3 or 175°C (top/bottom heat). Turn the cake out onto a cake plate and remove the paper. Pierce the cake several times with a skewer. Heat the orange and lemon juice with sugar and spread it over the hot cake with a spoon. Dust the cake with powdered sugar before cutting.