Got up this morning and realized I didn't have a (belated) birthday present for my favorite cousin whose always looked out for me. So, what better idea than to hand make it? Handmade sweets (and handmade anything) are always the most thoughtful kind of present you can give anybody... or so the traditional thinking goes. I ended up going freestyle even though I had everything I needed for this scrumptious sounding Jewish flourless orange cake. My creativity got the best of me again I suppose.. hehe. Hoping I wouldn't accidentally poison her, here's what I put in:
- 1 orange zested than juiced (by hand)
- 1 banana mashed
- 3 heaped tablespoons of yoghurt
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons of almond meal
- 1 tablespoon of psyllium husks
- 1/2 cup crushed walnuts
According to the packaging, psyllium husks is a laxative that helps constipation.. whoops? 1 tablespoon really shouldn't have too much effect though, since the proportion of husks is quite little compared to the amount of mixture I had.
Since my oven was dead, I had to use my grill to cook the cake instead, ended up burning the top of the cake a bit so I quickly took it out but the cake was still quite moist, probably because I had barely any almond meal or husks in it. So I flipped the cake over upside down and continued cooking the cake at a lower heat, the result was a lovely nice glaze on the slightly burnt side of the cake. The orange juice had sunk down to the bottom of the pan where the burnt side was and gave it this nice shiny appearance. To make it shinier I put some honey over the burnt side and kept cooking it til the the top of the cake was slightly crispy. I flipped the cake onto a plate and ta-da~ honey glazed mousse-cake of sorts with a crispy base.
Got to experiment with this unorthodox way of "glazing" a cake some more, it actually looks quite pretty.
Here's my results with some roasted honey and cinnamon walnuts to garnish :)
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