Tangerine Cake with Vegan Chocolate Ganache

Step 1

Boil Tangerines.In a pot of water, add in the tangerines along with spices and bring to boil for 2 hours until soft. Remove the spices and the water and let them cool.

Step 2

Combine ingredients.Cut the tangerines in half and remove the seeds and pit. In a blender, add in all the fruit, skin and all and blend to a smooth pulp. In the blender, add the almonds flour, egg yolks and baking powder and blend together with the oranges.

Step 3

Preheat oven.Preheat the oven to gas mark 5/190oC/170°C. Butter and line a 7 or 8 inch tin with baking paper.

Step 4

Combine batter with egg whites.Beat the eggs whites with the sugar until it becomes stiff. Slowly fold the batter with the egg white mixture until all is combined.

Step 5

Bake the cake.Pour the cake mixture into the prepared tin and bake for an hour and 10 minutes, when a skewer will come out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool, on a rack, but in the tin.

Step 6

Make ganache.To make the chocolate ganache, add the chocolate in heat proof bowl and place it on a pot with some water and mix it until it melts. Remove the bowl and keep stirring until all the chocolate is melted, add in some salt

Step 7

Glaze.Spread ganache over cake & decorate with flowers & dried tangerine slices