In this cake I use the entire orange, peel, juice and pulp. It’s so zesty and delicious and easy to make.
This Flourless Orange Almond cake is gluten-free and refined sugar-free, it’s moist and delicious and a real crowd pleaser. I also threw a carrot in for some extra goodness, gotta love a sneaky veg!
It’s perfect to eat at any time of day but we’ve been enjoying it with a dollop of cream after dinner whilst watching Stranger Things with the family. It would be perfect served with a cup of tea when having a friend drop in is no longer a thing of the past!

Ingredients
- 1 orange unpeeled and coarsely chopped
- 1 carrot medium
- 125 grams butter unsalted, softened
- ¾ cup sugar I used rapadura sugar (the cake isn’t overly sweet so add an extra 1/4 sugar if you think your family will prefer)
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla bean powder
- 2.5 cups almond meal
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- Pinch salt
Instructions
- 1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees C.
- 2. Grease and line the base and sides of a 22cm round spring-form cake pan.
- 3. Place orange and carrot in food processor and process until finely chopped (thermie speed 8 for 20 seconds)
- 4. Add butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Process until well combined. (thermie SP5/15 seconds) Add almond meal, baking powder, spices and salt. Process until well combined.(thermie SP5/15 seconds).
- 5. Pour mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean, spinning half way.
- 6. Cover with foil and continue cooking if the top browns too quickly.
- 7. Cool in pan for 30 minutes then turn onto wire rack to cool completely.
- 8. Slice and serve.
Thank you, made this for dessert. It is soooo yummy❤️
Hi Jacinta,
Thanks so much for that feedback! We are so glad you enjoyed it!