Bargain Box Mawardi Orange and Walnut Cake

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups flour

1 cup whole walnuts

Zest from one orange

2 tsp of baking powder

2 large eggs

1 cup brown sugar or white if brown is not available

Juice from 2 Mawardi oranges (any orange will do)

½ cup olive oil

Confectionary sugar for dusting

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Cut out a piece of parchment paper the size of the bottom of a 9 inch cake pan. Brush the pan with olive oil and place parchment paper on the bottom and brush with oil. Dust with flour.

Finely chop the walnuts or place in a food processor to grind being careful not to grind too much.

In a mixing bowl combine flour, ground walnuts, orange rind, and baking powder. Make a hole in the center and add the eggs, sugar, orange juice, and olive oil and mix so that it comes together as a batter.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for ten minutes and then turn over a baking rack, peel off the parchment paper, and allow the cake to cool.

Once cooled, using a sifter spoon powdered sugar over the cake and place a walnut in the center.

Adapted from marthastewart.com