Pine Nut Cake Recipe
You'll fall in love with this light and fragrant pine nut cake with a tender, melt-in-the-mouth crumb, soft orange notes, and a gorgeously nutty crust.
Ingredients
- 50 g pine nuts
- 2 medium free range eggs
- 150 g white caster sugar (superfine sugar)
- 120 ml light olive oil
- 1 large orange (finely grated zest)
- 120 ml fresh orange juice
- 200 g plain white flour (all purpose flour) (all purpose flour)
- 1 tbsp baking powder
Instructions
- 1
Pre-heat the oven to 180C (160C fan / 350F).
- 2
Grease and line the base and sides of a 20cm (8 inch) cake tin.
- 3
Separate the egg whites and yolks into two separate mixing bowls.
- 4
Whisk the egg whites until stiff, then leave to one side.
- 5
Put the sugar and yolks in a second bowl. Whisk until well combined, then whisk in the oil, followed by the orange zest and juice.
- 6
Sift the flour and baking powder into the bowl with the yolks. Fold together.
- 7
Add the egg whites and fold through gently. Try not to be too rough as this will knock out all the air you just introduced.
- 8
Pour the mixture into the prepared tin.
- 9
Sprinkle the top of the cake with the pine nuts.
- 10
Bake for 40–45 mins until well risen and lightly springy to the touch.
- 11
Cool until you can touch the tin easily, then remove the cake and transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely.
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