Gluten-Free Orange Syrup Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 tbsp (1 stick) butter, softened
1 tbsp finely grated orange peel
2/3 cup coconut sugar or granulated sugar
3 None eggs, separated
3/4 cup ground almonds
1 cup gluten-free self-rising flour
1/2 cup buttermilk
None None FOR THE ORANGE SYRUP
3 medium oranges
1/4 cup coconut sugar or granulated sugar

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 325\u00b0F. Grease an 8-inch Bundt pan and sprinkle with flour. Tap pan and shake out excess flour.
Beat butter, orange peel and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer for 3 mins, or until light and creamy. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time, until combined. Stir in the almonds. Stir flour and buttermilk in 2 alternating batches.
Beat egg whites in a small, clean bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Fold into batter in 2 batches. Spread into prepared pan.
Bake for 45 mins, or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 mins. Remove from pan; place on wire rack set over a baking pan.
Meanwhile, for the orange syrup, remove peel from 1 orange in long strips with a zester; thinly slice the orange peel. Juice all 3 oranges (you will need 3/4 cup juice). Combine orange peel and juice and sugar in a small saucepan. Stir on medium heat until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a simmer; simmer, uncovered, for 3 mins.
Pour hot syrup over hot cake. Spoon collected syrup in the pan over the cake. Repeat until all the syrup is used.