Flourless mandarin, almond and chocolate cake

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Cooking time: More than 1 hour

Serves: 8

Type: Chocolate cake; Family; Kids; Cake

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Flourless mandarin, almond and chocolate cake

Ingredients

8 mandarins
500g almond meal
12 eggs
500g caster sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup dark couverture (cooking) chocolate, chopped

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
½ cup orange peel, chopped

Preparation method

Place mandarins in a heavy based saucepan, cover well with water and bring to the boil. Boil for about 2 hours, drain and set aside to cool.

Grease and line 28cm cake tin. Set oven to 180°C.

Chop and seed mandarins and place in food processor. Transfer to another large bowl and add eggs, sugar and baking powder. Fold in almond meal and chocolate.

Bake for approximately 1 hour or until firm to touch.

To make candied peel, bring sugar and water to the boil. Boil for 5 minutes and add orange peel. Boil for a further 20 minutes. Pour over warm cake and serve with double cream.

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