Blood Orange Phyllo Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 100 degrees Celsius (Fan forced)

  2. Boil whole oranges for 1 hour. Chop boiled orange before blitzing together with sugar, eggs, milk, oil, zest, baking soda & powder

  3. Increase oven to 160 degrees Celsius

  4. Arrange the phyllo sheets in an accordion style on a baking tray. Squishing together vertically, before putting into oven to dry out for one hour

  5. Once phyllo is dried, use your hands to break up the sheets and place into a bowl. Add ½ the mixture from the blender to half of the phyllo and stir. Add the other half and stir

  6. Line a 25cm x 30cm tray with butter and light flour. Add cake ingredients and cook at 160 degrees for 45-55 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean

  7. Syrup: Put sugar and water in saucepan and bring to boil. Once boiling, add orange juice. Bring to boil once again. Take off heat and leave to cool in fridge

  8. Take the cake out, spike it heaps with a skewer and use a ladle to slowly pour cold syrup over the top of the hot cake. Leave to allow cake to absorb syrup and enjoy

Course🍰Dessert

Diets🥕Vegetarian...

Category🎂Cake

CuisineMediterranean

Occasions🎉Celebration🎉Special Occasion

Season❄️Winter

DifficultyMedium ⏰ 1h

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