for 12 pieces

Batter

200 g	butter, soft, cut into pieces
150 g	icing sugar
½ tsp	nutmeg
¼ tsp	salt
4	eggs
1	organic orange, grated zest and the juice
200 g	white flour
2 tsp	baking powder
80 g	shelled ground almonds
1	almond

Bake

icing sugar, to dust

How it's done

Batter

Place the butter, sugar, nutmeg and salt in a bowl, mix using the whisk attachment on a mixer. Add the eggs and continue to beat until the mixture becomes lighter in colour. Stir in the orange zest and juice. Combine the flour, baking powder and almonds, mix into the batter. Transfer the batter to the prepared tin. Place the almond (king) in the batter.

Bake

Approx. 35 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, remove the tin frame, slide the cake onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar.

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