This almond mandarin cake recipe has been my favourite dessert recipe for a long time. It’s such a pleasure to savour the juicy mandarins when they are in season but the cake is also delicious if made with oranges or blood oranges instead. Everyone who tried it loved it and asked for the recipe!

It tastes incredible and is really easy and quick to make. The cake has a lovely moist texture combined with an intensely mandarin flavour and smells divine.

Almond Mandarin Cake recipeAlmond mandarin cake

Ingredients
4 mandarins (approx 400g), preferably organic for the cake
1-2 extra mandarins for decoration (optional)
5 eggs
10 tablespoons of raw brown sugar
3 cups of almond meal
1 teaspoon of baking powder (gluten free)
Butter for the cake tin

Wash the mandarins thoroughly to remove any coatings (if not organic). Put unpeeled fruit in the pot, cover with water and gently cook for around 1.5 hrs or until very soft.

Cool the mandarins down, cut in half and remove any pips, then bend the fruit in the blender to puree consistency. Cool down to room temperature.

Cut the extra 1-2 mandarins into thin slices and remove any pips. Arrange the mandarin slices (overlapping the slices slightly) in the base of the baking tin lined up with the baking paper (optional but nice).

Preheat the oven to 180C. Beat the eggs with sugar until fluffy and almost white; add the mandarin puree, almond meal and baking powder. Mix well gently.

Grease a baking tin with butter (15 x 24 cm form is best as it will give the cake a good height) and pour in the mixture over the mandarin slices at the bottom of the tin. Bake for around 50 min in 180C (fan oven).

When ready switch off the oven and leave the cake there for another 20-30 minutes and then turn out onto a serving plate. Pour a thick dark chocolate topping (if desired) over the mandarin slices to create a lace-like look. The cake will keep well in the fridge for 2-3 days. It also freezes well.

Cake photo above – this actually is the almond mandarin cake I made and decorated using dried apricots, pumpkin seeds and chocolate.

Make this totally yummy cake today!

Please share your tips and modifications to this almond and mandarin cake recipe so we can all benefit from new ideas.

I’d love to see your cake decorations! Please post your photos in comments below.

Good health and blessings

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Joanna Sochan
Holistic Natural Therapist
Natural and Lifestyle Solutions for Abundant Health and Wellbeing

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Joanna Sochan is a Natural Therapist and founder of Naturimedica Holistic Wellcare. She has a passion for helping clients transform their lives by becoming healthy and well naturally. Joanna has 12+ years experience in clinical practice and has special interest in solving complex cases, gut health, food sensitivities, hormone imbalances, autoimmune disorders and weight loss. She helps clients individually (mostly online) Australia-wide and also offers online therapeutic programs, eCourses and self-help books. View full bio.

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