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This Blood Orange & Almond Cake is soft, fragrant, and deeply moist, with a tender crumb. Almond flour adds richness, while fresh blood orange brings a bright citrus lift. Balanced sweetness lets the fruit shine, finished with a smooth, tangy cream cheese frosting. Serve slightly chilled for a firmer texture or at room temperature when the crumb is soft and aromatic.
Preheat the oven to 175°C (160°C fan). Lightly grease and line a 20–23 cm cake tin with baking parchment.
Whisk together the olive oil, blood orange juice, zest, honey, eggs, vanilla, and caster sugar until smooth and well combined.
Add the almond flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Fold until fully incorporated. The batter will be thick.
Rest the batter for 5–10 minutes.
Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 30–40 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Cool in the tin for 10–15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Beat the butter for 5 minutes until pale. Add the cream cheese and beat until smooth. Add the icing sugar gradually, mixing between each addition. Once fully incorporated, beat for a further 8 minutes until light and spreadable.
Decorate your cake with the cream cheese frosting, some nuts like chopped pistachios (optional) and some freshly sliced blood orange.
Note
With both honey and fruit sugars in the batter, the cake tends to colour quickly. If it begins to brown too much, reduce the oven temperature slightly after the first 20 minutes and continue baking until done.
This Blood Orange & Almond Cake is soft, fragrant, and deeply moist, with a tender crumb. Almond flour adds richness, while fresh blood orange brings a bright citrus lift. Balanced sweetness lets the fruit shine, finished with a smooth, tangy cream cheese frosting. Serve slightly chilled for a firmer texture or at room temperature when the crumb is soft and aromatic.


Preheat the oven to 175°C (160°C fan). Lightly grease and line a 20–23 cm cake tin with baking parchment.
Whisk together the olive oil, blood orange juice, zest, honey, eggs, vanilla, and caster sugar until smooth and well combined.
Add the almond flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Fold until fully incorporated. The batter will be thick.
Rest the batter for 5–10 minutes.
Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 30–40 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Cool in the tin for 10–15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Beat the butter for 5 minutes until pale. Add the cream cheese and beat until smooth. Add the icing sugar gradually, mixing between each addition. Once fully incorporated, beat for a further 8 minutes until light and spreadable.
Decorate your cake with the cream cheese frosting, some nuts like chopped pistachios (optional) and some freshly sliced blood orange.
Note
With both honey and fruit sugars in the batter, the cake tends to colour quickly. If it begins to brown too much, reduce the oven temperature slightly after the first 20 minutes and continue baking until done.


































































