Special Occasion Cakes Recipes - Greek New Year Cake

Ingredients

• 275g plain flour

• 10ml baking powder

• 50g ground almonds

• 225g butter, softened

• 175g caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling

• 4 eggs

• 150ml fresh orange juice

• 50g blanched

• almonds

• 15g sesame seeds

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180'C/350'F/Gas 4. Grease a 23cm/9in square cake tin, line with greaseproof paper and grease the paper.

2. Sift together the flour and baking powder and stir in the ground almonds.

3. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time. Fold in the flour mixture, alternating with the orange juice.

4. Spoon the mixture into the cake tin. Arrange the blanched almonds on top, then sprinkle over the sesame seeds. Bake for 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Leave in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out on to a wire rack and peel off the lining paper. Sprinkle with caster sugar before serving.