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Orange And Honey Loaf Cake

Quiche'n'Tell
A loaf cake bursting with the sunny flavours of fresh oranges and honey.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 190 g all-purpose flour
  • 195 9 almond meal
  • 250 ml clear honey
  • 1 egg, at room temperature, lightly beaten
  • 30 g olive oil
  • 2 tbsp orange zest
  • 175 ml fresh orange juice
  • tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp soda bicarbonate
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 100 g walnuts, chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C, grease and line the base of a 9"x 5" loaf tin with baking parchment.
  • Whisk the flour, almond meal, salt, baking powder and soda bicarb in a bowl.
  • In a larger, separate bowl, whisk together the egg, olive oil, honey and orange zest.
  • Now gently fold in the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the orange juice. Mix in the walnuts.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 60 minutes until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean without any wet batter.
  • Cool the cake for 10 minutes in the pan before turning out on a wire rack to cool.