Orange Almond Tea Cake

So what do you do if you’re craving British-style tea cakes in covid lockdown? You resort to the pantry ingredients and bake some!

Here is the recipe to a super moist, light, egg-free, citrus tea cake, perfect for spring, summer and other seasons, if you fancy! Checkout pics and recipe below. If you try the recipe, do tag #theflavorstation and let me know how it turned out. Settings for conventional oven and Air Fryer both included.

For topping, to each his own: classic or top with jam & crushed almonds or honey-orange bites. Pair with cinnamon Coffee or Rooibos tea.

Color is obtained naturally with fresh orange juice, zest, homemade herb concoction. Can be made Gluten-free or Keto by using complete almond flour, I used a mix of APF and almond. I recommend freshly squeezed orange juice, zest. I do not use synthetic food coloring, used saffron for color. I used tangy yogurt (like Nancy NF Plain) and aluminium-free baking powder from #traderjoes.

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Ingredients

Dry

• 3/4 cup All-purpose flour (APF)

• 1/2 cup Almond flour

• 1 cup powdered sugar

• 1/2 Tsp Baking soda

• 1 Tsp Baking Powder

Wet

• 1/2 cup yogurt

• 1/2 cup oil

• 1/2 cup Freshly squeezed orange juice

• 1 , 0.5 Tsp fresh orange zest (separate)

Optional

• Pinch of Saffron threads, 1 Tsp warm milk, turmeric for color

• Crushed almonds, orange/fruit jam for topping

• Thin slices of orange peel, honey

Recipe

1. Pre-heat classic oven to 350 F (or Air Fryer for 5 mins at 350 F)

2. Mix the yogurt and powdered sugar in a bowl, with a whisk.

3. Add oil, continue to mix vigorously

4. Add orange juice, mix, then add orange zest.

5. Sieve the remaining dry ingredients and fold them all in, until the batter is smooth

6. Add color concoction to batter: Saffron threads in warm milk, VERY tiny pinch of turmeric

7. Smooth batter, pour into a greased muffin pan.

8. Thin orange peel slices can be put in the remaining molds, see picture. optional

9. Bake at 30 minutes (or 15 mins in AF) or until golden brown. Let them cool.

10. Top with baked peel dipped in honey or border with fruit jam and crushed almonds.