Introduction

This recipe has been inspired by the Minute orange cake of Yummix (from the book Illico Presto). If you don’t know her: she has a lot of recipes that you can make with a Thermomix!

After seeing this cake, we couldn’t resist and started recipe testing for an orange cake that could also be made without a Thermomix (if you have a Thermomix, we added specific indications in the recipe below, it’s definitely faster).

You’ll need a mixer (we used a Kitchenaid hand mixer) and a blender (our old Ninja blender made its comeback specially for this recipe!).

We love that this recipe uses the whole orange! It’s a super tasty and also very moist cake! To give it an additional kick, throw in a dozen of kumquats along with the orange!

We also have a version of this cake Gluten Free, right here!

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Ingredients

• Butter (at room temperature): 113g | 4oz | 8 tbsp
• Sugar: 125g | 4.4oz | 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp
• Orange (whole): 1
• Egg: 3
• All-purpose Flour: 140g | 5oz | 1 cup + 3 tbsp
• Almond Flour: 100g | 3.5oz | 1 cup
• Baking powder: 2 cac | 2 tsp
• Optional Add-Ins

Nutrition

<aside> 🧐 Serving: 70g Calories: 206kcal Total Fat: 11.5g (15%) Saturated Fat: 5.4g (27%) Cholesterol: 61mg (20%) Sodium: 19mg (1%) Total Carbohydrate: 22.8g (8%) Fiber: 1.3g (5%) Sugar: 12g Protein: 4g

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Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 395F (200C).
2. With a mixer, cream butter & sugar. This should take a few minutes. *If you have a Thermomix: 3min, speed 3 with the butterfly whisk.*
3. Remove the stem of the orange and cut it in quarters. Blend with a blender until it becomes a purée, you should still see little pieces of zest. Blend as long as needed, stopping to scrape the edges in between to optimize the blending process. *If you have some kumquat, throw them in the blender as well.*
4. Add the orange purée to the butter & sugar mix. Add the eggs. Mix well (highly recommend to continue mixing with the mixer). *If you have a Thermomix: remove the butterfly whisk, scrape the edges of the bowl and add the orange quarters (and kumquats) and eggs and mix speed 6 during 1min.*
5. Add all-purpose flour, almond flour and baking powder. Mix well with the mixer. *If you have a Thermomix, add the flours and baking powder, mix speed4 during 20sec.*
6. Grease a cake pan and transfer the batter to the cake pan.
7. Bake for 50-60 min and lower the oven temperature to 355F (180C) immediately after placing the cake into the oven. *Test with a toothpick if center is baked, when toothpick is dry, it’s ready!*
8. Bon appétit! 😋