Orange and Almond Cakes with Cardamom Syrup

Make them. Do it.

Ingredients:

80 g softened butter
2 teaspoons finely grated orange rind
1/2 cup caster sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups almond meal
1/3 cup rice flour
1/3 cup flaked almonds, chopped

Cardamom syrup:
1 orange
1/2 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup water
6 cardamom pods, bruised


Directions:

Step one: Preheat oven to 180 degrees or 160 degrees fan forced. Grease 6 1/2 cup muffin or friand tins
Step two: Beat butter, rind and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat eggs in one at a time.
Step three: Stir in almond meal, flour and nuts.
Step four: Bake cakes for 20 minutes. Stand for 5 minutes, then turn upside down onto a wire rack.

To make the syrup:
Remove the rind from the orange and slice in finely. Juice the orange (you need about a third of a cup of juice). Place the juice, rind, sugar and water in a saucepan and dissolve the sugar. Boil for 10 minutes until it thickens. Get rid of the cardamom and serve the hot syrup over the cakes while they're hot.