Orange and spices cake

Ingredients:

- 2 organic oranges
- 50 cl fresh orange juice
- 360 g caster sugar
- 75 g flour type 55
- 1,5 g baking powder 1 pinch salt
- 1.5 tsp. gingerbread powder mix
- 55 g almond powder
- 2 whole eggs
- 75 g melted butter
- ½ tsp. orange zest

1- Rinse the oranges in cold water, cut them into 5 cm thick slices, place them in a pan and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil. When it simmers, lower the heat and cook for 4 minutes. Drain the oranges and put them back in the pan with the juice and 250 g of sugar. Cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes until tender and candied. Drain and let cool. Reduce the cooking juice by half.

2- Sift the flour and mix with the baking powder, salt, spice powder and almond powder. Set aside.

3- With a whisk or mixer, beat the whole eggs and the remaining sugar for 8 minutes until they triple in volume. With a spatula, add the flour and spice mixture. Add grated orange peel and warm melted butter.

4- Preheat the oven to 160 °C (th. 5-6). Line a round non-stick cake tin of 22 cm diameter with the orange slices. Pour in the mixture and bake for about 30 minutes. Turn out the cake immediately and let it cool. Brush the cake with the juice from the oranges.