Honey Cake With Oranges And Almonds
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Course : Italian
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   3                    eggs -- separated
     1/4  cup           sugar
   1      cup           honey -- (orange blossom
                        -- preferred), warmed
                        until thin in a double boiler
     3/4  cup           flour
     3/4  teaspoon      dried yeast
   3      tablespoons   extra-virgin olive oil
   2      tablespoons   aguardiente
                        powdered sugar
                        === orange salad ===
                        zest and segments of 4 navel oranges
     1/2                lemon -- juice of
  20                    mint leaves -- cut chiffonade
   2      tablespoons   blanched sliced almonds
 

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 400F and oil an 8-inch cake pan. Add sugar to yolks and beat to white ribbons. Add the honey to the egg yolk mixture and continue mixing. Mix the flour with the yeast. Add olive oil and aguardiente to egg mixture and slowly add flour-yeast combination, 1/4 cup at a time, to wet mixture. Meanwhile, beat the egg whites to stiff peaks and fold into flour mixture. Pour batter into prepared cake pan and bake 35 to 45 minutes, until golden brown. Remove and allow to cool. Mix the orange salad ingredients and let stand 10 minutes before serving. Dust cake with powdered sugar and serve with the orange salad. Source: MEDITERRANEAN MARIO with Mario Batali From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # ME-1B10)