MINI FLOURLESS ORANGE AND ALMOND CAKES (GLUTEN-FREE)
Easy to make and gluten-free too. You can use lemon or lime in place of the orange as variations if you wish. Sprinkle with icing sugar (confectioners sugar) if you dont want to add the icing for a pretty presentation. Recipe using Australian metric measures.
Provided by Jubes
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 24 mini cakes, 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 180°C Line 2 x 12 mini muffin pans with mini paper cases.
- Using an electric mixer- beat together the butter, sugar and orange zest for 5 minutes, or until pale and fluffy.
- Add the egg and beat until well combined.
- In a seperate bowl- mix together the ground almonds/almond meal, coconut, polenta and baking powder.
- Stir in the dry mix to the butter mixture and then add the orange juice and buttermilk. Stir well to combine.
- Divide the mixture into the paper cases and smooth the surface of the mini cakes with the back of a spoon.
- Bake approx 12 minutes or until the tops are firm when lightly toughed and a skewer inserted into the centre of a cake will come out clean.
- Remove from the oven and cool in the pans for 5 minutes. Then transfer the cakes to a wire tray to cool- about 30 minutes.
- To make the icing- place sifted icing sugar and orange juice in a bowl and beat with a wooden spoon until combined.
- Spread a small spoonful of icing over each cake and decorate with orange zest if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 74.3, Fat 3.8, SaturatedFat 2, Cholesterol 14.5, Sodium 15.8, Carbohydrate 9.9, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 8.3, Protein 0.8
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