These are lovely, simple cakes, that you can serve on their own, with icing, or if you want to get a bit fancy, with the caramelised figs. My kids love it with the orange butter cream icing. I kind of like it with both! Boiling the orange takes a little time, but making the cake itself is simple and very quick. A nice treat for a Sunday afternoon!
Gluten, dairy, nut, and egg free. Can be made soy free. Vegan.
Ingredients
Cake
1 large orange
sprig of Rosemary
2 cups of gluten free flour
1/2 cup of coconut flour
1/2 cup of olive oil or coconut oil
1 cup of soy milk (or alternative milk. Coconut or rice milk work well)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon orange blossom water
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
Nuttelex for greasing baking tray
Icing
half cup of nuttelex
half a cup of icing sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
zest of an orange
Caramelised Figs
2 teaspoons of nuttelex
1 tablespoon of brown sugar
1 sprig of rosemary
3-4 figs
Pinch or salt
Method
Cake
- Boil the orange and one small Rosemary sprig for 1 hour. Allow to cool. Remove orange. Cut in half to remove any seeds, and then blend orange and Rosemary until smooth.
- Combine gluten free free flour, coconut flour, baking powder and sugar in a large bowl
- In a smaller bowl, combine Pureed orange, olive oil, vanilla, orange blossom water and soy milk.
- Make a well in the centre of dry ingredients. Pour in wet ingredients. Mix gently with a wooden spoon.
- Grease patty tin liberally with nuttelex
- spoon in mixture until each patty is roughly half full.
- Bake for 20 minutes at 170 degrees.
- Allow to cool if icing. Can be served warm with caramelised figs.
Icing
Place all ingredients in a large bowl, and beat until light and fluffy. Gently spread over cooled cakes.
Caramelised figs
Add sugar and nuttelex to a small frying pan. Simmer on medium heat, until sugar has completely dissolved, and it starts to thicken a little. Add in half a teaspoon of finely chopped rosemary, and diced figs.
Cook figs in caramel syrup for a couple of minutes.
Pour a little syrup and a couple of figs over the orange cake to serve. You can add a dollop of icing or icecream as well if you like!
