Ingredients

    Cake
  • 8 mandarins
  • 500g almond meal
  • 12 eggs
  • 500g caster sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 cup dark cooking chocolate, chopped

    • Candied peel

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup orange peel, chopped

Method

Place mandarins in a heavy based saucepan, cover well with water and bring to the boil. Boil for about 2 hours, drain and set aside to cool. Grease and line 28cm cake tin. Set oven to 180C. Chop and seed mandarins and place in food processor. Transfer to another large bowl and add eggs, sugar and baking powder. Fold in almond meal and chocolate. Bake for approximately 1 hour or until firm to touch. To make candied peel, bring sugar and water to the boil. Boil for 5 minutes and add orange peel. Boil for a further 20 minutes. Pour over warm cake and serve with double cream.

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