My two year old girls have an obsession with birthday parties at the moment and every day we have a pretend party for one of their teddies. (It was humpty dumpty's turn today!) Luckily they don't expect real cakes every day but are happy making pretend cakes in their sandpit. Since it is the weekend, I thought I would be extra nice and make them real ones and what kid doesn't like a good chocolate cake. This cake is gluten free, dairy free and so moist and chocolatey. According to my husband it tastes like a really good chocolate brownie and my kids didn't have to say anything, they were so excited that they forgot the birthday party and scoffed them down!
2 oranges
1 cup of 100% pure maple syrup
4 cups of ground almonds
6 free range eggs
0.75 cup of cocoa powder
1. Preheat oven to 170C (fanforced) and line muffin trays with cupcake cases or lightly grease.
2. Place two whole oranges in a saucepan with water. Bring to boil and simmer for 1 hour.(Alternatively oranges could be steamed for 40 minutes.) Drain and allow to cool before cutting into quarters and placing in a food processor or thermomix to puree until smooth (with skin on!) To make sure the cake isn't too bitter I cut off the ends of the oranges where the thickest skin is and remove seeds before blending.
3. Add eggs and maple syrup and process again to combine.
4. Tranfer to a large bowl and fold in ground almonds and cocoa powder.
5. Spoon into muffin tray and bake for ~30 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
Makes 24 cupcakes
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