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HONEY AND ORANGE ALMOND CAKE

Cake Ingredients:

2 cups Sugar
2 cups Almond, ground
2 cups All Purpose Flour
1 ½ tsp. Ground Cinnamon
½ tsp. Ground All Spice
7 large Eggs
½ cup Melted Butter
1 tbsp. Orange Zest

For Syrup:

2/3 cup Orange Juice
1 cup Honey
1/3 cup Confectioner Sugar
¼ cup Water

Method

1. In a food processor ground the almonds with ½ cup sugar and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
2. Mix in the flour, cinnamon and all spice.
3. In a separate bowl mix egg with remaining sugar until very thick. About 10 minutes.
4. Beat in the melted butter and zest to the egg mixture. Fold in the almond mixture.
5. Spray a 2 qt. baking dish with non-stick spray. Pour batter in the pan and bake in a 350° oven for approximately 1 hour or until a toothpick/knife comes out clean.
6. To make the syrup, combine the all ingredients in a medium saucepan and heat over low-medium heat or until warm and the sugar is dissolved.
7. Remove cake from oven and drizzle syrup over the cake and let absorb for 30 minutes.
Cut into squares and serve.