Orange and Lemon Fondant Tea Cake

Ingredients list for Orange and Lemon Fondant Tea Cake

• 2 tablespoons Refined flour
• 1 tablespoon Lemon
• 1¼ cups + for dusting refined flour
• 1½ cups + for greasing butter
• 2½ cups castor sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1½ cups almond paste
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 orange
• Fondant
• 8 egg whites
• Juice of ¼ lemon
• 8 cups icing sugar

Method

1. Preheat oven at 180°C. Line a 7-inch round cake tin by greasing with little butter and dusting with little flour.
2. Cream together butter and castor sugar in a bowl till light.
3. Add vanilla essence and whisk well. Add almond paste and whisk till smooth.
4. Add eggs and whisk again till well blended.
5. Add orange rind and lemon rind and whisk again till well blended.
6. Add refined flour and fold lightly till well mixed. Add baking powder and mix well.
7. Pour the batter in the lined cake tin and put it in the preheated oven. Bake for 18-20 minutes.
8. To make fondant, combine egg whites, lemon juice and icing sugar in a bowl and mix well. Beat with an electric beater till well blended.
9. Peel the orange and cut into slices.
10. Remove cake from oven and demould. Cool to room temperature.
11. Spread fondant on the cake and garnish with orange slices. Serve.

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