40g plain flour
1tbsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3 eggs, separated
75g soft brown sugar
4 tbsp vegetable oil
finely grated rind of 1 medium orange
175g dates, chopped
100g walnuts, roughly chopped
juice of 1 orange
3 tbsp icing sugar
12 kumquats, sliced
150 ml sugar syrup
whipped cream
Oil and line a 24cm spring-form tin -----
Sift and mix together the flour, baking powder and salt Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until pale Whisk in the oil and orange rind Whisk the egg whites -----
Add the flour mixture, dates and walnuts into the egg-yolks mixture alternately with the egg whites until well combined ---
Preheat oven to 180C ---- Transfer the mixture into the tin, and bake for about 30 minutes ---
Place the orange juice and icing sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Pour over the warm cake and leave to cool in the tin ---
Cook the kumquat slices in the syrup for about 5 minutes, leave to cool ---
Drain and reserve few slices for decoration, place the remainder in a separate bowl Pipe a little whipped cream on top of the torte and decorate with kumquat slices Serve with the reserved kumquat slices -----
Sugar syrup
225g sugar
600ml water
2 tbsp lemon juice
Dissolve sugar in the water over gentle heat, add lemon juice and bring to the boil Cool the syrup and drain ( you can have 300 ml water and 300 ml orange juice)
1tbsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3 eggs, separated
75g soft brown sugar
4 tbsp vegetable oil
finely grated rind of 1 medium orange
175g dates, chopped
100g walnuts, roughly chopped
juice of 1 orange
3 tbsp icing sugar
12 kumquats, sliced
150 ml sugar syrup
whipped cream
Oil and line a 24cm spring-form tin -----
Sift and mix together the flour, baking powder and salt Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until pale Whisk in the oil and orange rind Whisk the egg whites -----
Add the flour mixture, dates and walnuts into the egg-yolks mixture alternately with the egg whites until well combined ---
Preheat oven to 180C ---- Transfer the mixture into the tin, and bake for about 30 minutes ---
Place the orange juice and icing sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Pour over the warm cake and leave to cool in the tin ---
Cook the kumquat slices in the syrup for about 5 minutes, leave to cool ---
Drain and reserve few slices for decoration, place the remainder in a separate bowl Pipe a little whipped cream on top of the torte and decorate with kumquat slices Serve with the reserved kumquat slices -----
Sugar syrup
225g sugar
600ml water
2 tbsp lemon juice
Dissolve sugar in the water over gentle heat, add lemon juice and bring to the boil Cool the syrup and drain ( you can have 300 ml water and 300 ml orange juice)
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