Flavour of the Month

Whole Citrus Cake

Ingredients

• 1 navel orange
• 2 large lemons
• 5 large eggs
• 250g caster sugar
• 250g pecans (or almonds)
• 1 teaspoon bi-carbonate of soda

Method

1. Wash the fruit extremely well and place in large saucepan.
2. Cover with cold water.
3. Bring to boil and simmer for 1 hour or until soft (15 minutes in pressure cooker).
4. Remove fruit gently from saucepan, chop, remove seeds and allow to cool.
5. Preheat oven to 180C. Line a 20cm cake tin with baking paper.
6. Beat eggs and sugar together until creamy.
7. Blend pecans in a food processor with half of the egg mix until smooth.
8. Remove to a bowl
9. Blend cooled citrus together with remaining egg mix until smooth.
10. Combine the two mixtures, adding the bi-carbonate of soda.
11. Pour into cake tin and bake for 1 hour.
12. Cool and serve.

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