As Iam from the Northern part of Africa these are common ingredients for that area .This cake was aways made in my home by my mother ;it grew into me as I got older and now it is my turn to make it .This cake is like my Madeleine(in reference to Marcel Proust`s novel ).
Ingredients:
6 table spoons of flour
6 table spoons of sugar
4 Eggs
1 pack of baking powder
5.3 oz of melted butter
1 crushed banana(it will give moisture to the cake )
3.52Oz almond flour
the zest of an orange
Almonds and candied cherries for decorating the cake
For the syrup :
3 table spoons of orange marmelade
the juice of an orange
1.76 oz of sugar
2or 3 table spoons of water
In a recipient mix the sugar and the eggs until you get a white aerated texture ,then fold in gradually your flour farine ,baking powder then the butter .Add the orange zest and the banana.
Pour all this in a pan then cook it ofr 25 /30min until golden at 350 F.
Once the cake is cooked , make a syrup mixing the marmelade ,sugar and water and heat it until you get a think syrup .
Pour the syrup on your cake still warm and decorate the cake with almond and candied cherries as Idid .
