I was browsing the world wide web last night and came across this Nigella recipe:
So I decided to have a go at making a Slimming World friendly version, which meant to keep it as low synned as possible I had to adapt the recipe. This cake is lovely a moist.
Here is my adaption below:
14 syns for the entire cake on Red, Green or Extra Easy
Serves 6 – approx 2-5 syns per slice
Ingredients
2 medium sized oranges (with not too thick peel and seedless if possible) (4 syns, this is because the oranges get cooked)
1 cup of splenda
56g of self raising flour (10 syns)
6 eggs
½ teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
½ teaspoon of almond extract
Frylight/Pam butter spray
Method
Place the oranges (whole with peel) into a large saucepan and fill with water,so that the oranges are completely covered, bring to the boil and then allow to cook covered with lid for 2 hours. It is important you allow the oranges to cook for that amount of time otherwise they will be too bitter.
Drain the water and allow to cool.
Preheat oven to 180c or 350f
Cut each orange in half and remove any visible pips. Add the oranges to a blender/food processor and blitz until smooth. Add all other ingredients and blitz some more until the whole mixture is well blended.
Grease a large cake tin with some Frylight/Pam butter spray and pour in the cake mixture.
Add to the oven and bake for approx 1 hour (a skewer entered into the centre should come out clean). After about 40mins of baking time you may need to cover with some aluminum foil to prevent the top from burning.
When cake is ready, remove from oven and allow to cool completely in the cake tin. Once the cake is cooled, you can then remove it from the tin and serve.
This cake is great served on it’s own or with some light squirty cream (for syns) or quark. I recommend letting it cool fully before serving. It is quite a moist cake, more like pudding texture, so if you would like it a bit firmer, I suggest using just 1 orange instead of two.
| Approx NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION | |
| Per slice (⅙th of the cake) | |
| Calories | 139.2 |
| Fat | 5.3g |
| Saturated Fat | 1.6g |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.7g |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1.9g |
| Cholesterol | 212.mg |
| Sodium | 63.0mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 22.0g |
| Dietary Fibre | 2.3g |
| Sugars | 13.9g |
| Protein | 7.5g |
Lisa Evrae says
Ooh lovely. Do you need the whole oranges? Wouldn't the zest and orange extract/essence work? Would be a few less syns
admin says
no you definately need the whole oranges, it is what gives it the flavour, zest and extract isnt enough. It makes quite a decent sized cake and a 1/6 of it is quite nice sized slice for 2.5 syns.
Lisa Evrae says
Ok, hmm got me thinking now as I have some lemons that need using.... Thanx 🙂
admin says
will work with lemons too. 🙂
StaceyUK says
Looks like another winner!! Might have to make this for buffet night this week!
Silvermaneuk says
Got this in the oven! Will let you know how it goes!
paula says
I would have thought that the oranges would be sin free as you are still using the whole fruit, i shall ask my s/w consultant on monday morning
admin says
oranges are synned when cooked or blended.
silvermaneuk says
The Orange and Almond cake was a BIG hit! Sadly my mum was very disappointed because I didn't save her any lol We did it as a 6 serving cake.
admin says
Glad you enjoyed it. It is a very moist cake, probably more pudding like than actual cake, so maybe not to everyones taste. I thought it was very yummy with a bit of light cream.
silvermaneuk says
We were saying that I bet it would taste yummy with VLF fromage frais with a chocolate options/highlight mixed in and dolloped on top...its that whole chocolate orange thing!
admin says
yep you can do it with cocoa powder in place of the flour. Nigella has done both, but of course she uses ground almonds too, which are very high in syns. I am going to try the chocolate orange version this week, will let you know how it works out.
Tingleyone says
Just having a go at making this for tonights tea. How do you get the oranges to stay under water tho? Mine keep floating. Going to make a quark flavoured cream to serve. Will let you know
LOVE your recipes - Thanks for all your effort for us SW folks. You are a real inspiration and excellent cook
admin says
Dont worry if they float, as long as you there is plenty of water and you cover the pan with a lid and rotate them every now and then, they will be fine.
Frances says
Hi,
I love your recipes! And this looks lovely.
I am going to give it a go, but when you say you can make a chocolate version by replacing the flour with cocoa pwoder...........is that replace all 56g of flour with the same amount of cocoa powder? Or just a small quantity of the flour? Sorry if this is a daft question.....baking isn't my strong point!
Thanks
admin says
yep the cocoa powder should work like flour, or you could do half and half. I haven't tried it yet, so not sure how it will work. 🙂
vicky says
sorry to seem like a dipstick but when you say half the oranges and remove the pips and then add oranges to blender...do you mean the whole orange skin and all?
admin says
yep the whole oranges including skin.
Anonymous says
How many lemons would you use for this cake and what would they be synned as when cooked? Thanks in advance 🙂
Anonymous says
Cooked this tonight, did not have Almonds or enough eggs 5 not 6 , but it was lovely and all the kids liked it too .
Good for lunch boxes as cools quite firm .
Anonymous says
Made this today, did not have enough eggs 5 not 6 or any Almonds , but we all liked it , as you have to cook oranges for so long should of done extra and frozen them for another day for quicker pudding .
Good too for lunch boxes as firm when cold .
Anonymous says
I've just discovered your great site - thank you! I've been making a similar recipe to this for years although have never tried using diet sugar. Instead of flour I use ground almonds - I'm not sure how this compares syn-wise though.
Anonymous says
This was yummy. Does anyone know whether I could freeze a whole cake? I want to make one ahead for Christmas and use up some oranges.
Melissa George says
Made this today it's so gorgeous!! Used 4 Satsumas and it worked fine. I added vanilla essence too
I stumbled upon this site few weeks back thanks for so many inspiring recipes.