Ingredients
Cake Mix
- 4 Large Oranges
- 10.5oz-300g Self-Raising flour (sifted)
- 4 medium Eggs (free-range)
- 10.5oz-300g Golden Caster Sugar
- 3.5oz-100g Ground Almonds
- 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
- 10.5oz- Baking Margarine
- 1 teaspoon Orange Extract
Lemon Mascarpone Filling/Topping
- 17.6oz-500g Mascarpone Cheese
- 10 tablespoons Lemon Juice
- 6 tablespoons Lemon Curd
Decoration
- Zest of 1 Orange
- Zest of 1 Lemon
Method
- Grate the zest 3 of the 4 oranges and place the zest to one side
- In a large pan, place the oranges into boiling water and reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour with a lid on until they are soft and squidgy. Drain and set to one side to cool
- When the oranges have cooled, quarter the oranges using a knife. Remove the seeds but leaving the peel on. Place the cooked oranges into a food processor. Blitz into a puree and set to one side
- Pre-heat oven to 392˚F/200˚C regular oven or 356˚F /180˚C fan assisted oven and grease two 20cm/8" round cake tins and set to one side
- In a large mixing bowl start the cake mix. Combine together the sugar and baking margarine until light in colour
- Add the eggs, one at a time and combine between each addition
- Add the ground almonds, orange puree, reserved orange zest from the 3 oranges earlier and orange extract. Combine gently
- Sieve in the flour and baking powder. Mix in thoroughly but be careful not to over mix
- Spoon into the pre-prepared tins and pop into the centre of the oven and bake for 30 minutes
- Check with a skewer in the centre of the cake, if it comes out clean- they are ready. Remove the cakes from oven. Allow to cool in the tins completely before moving onto the next step
- Once the cakes have cooled, make the lemon mascarpone that will be used for the topping and filling. In a large mixing bowl, add all the lemon mascarpone ingredients and beat together until looking smooth
- Using the mascarpone mix, cover the bottom-side up of one of the cakes. Sandwich the other cake on top (top-side facing up)
- Spoon the rest of the mascarpone mix on the top and spread out evenly, covering the top of the cake (not the sides)
- Decorate with the lemon and orange zest (or to your preference). Serve and enjoy!!!!!