Italian Spices Citrus Cake

Ingredients

• 4 eggs separated
• scant 23 c Superfine sugar plus 2 tsp for cream
• finely grated peel and juice of 2 oranges
• finely grated peel and juice of 1 lemon
• generous 1 c ground almonds
• 2 Tbsp self-rising flour
• 34 c light cream
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 14 c slivered almonds toasted
• confectioners sugar to dust

Directions

1. Grease and line the base of 7-inch round deep cake pan
2. Blend the egg yolks with the sugar until mixture is thick and creamy Whisk half of the orange peel and all of the lemon peel into the egg yolks
3. Mix the juice from both oranges and the lemon with the ground almonds and stir into the egg yolks
4. The mixture will become quite runny at this point
5. Fold in flour
6. Whisk the egg whites until stiff and gently fold into yolk mixture
7. Pour mixture into pan and bake in preheated oven at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes until golden and springs to the touch
8. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn out
9. It will sink slightly at this stage Whip cream to form soft peaks
10. Stir in remaining orange peel cinnamon and sugar
11. Once cake is cold cover with the toasted almonds and dust with confectioners sugar and serve with cream Serves 8