Flour-free Orange & Lavender Cake

The flavours marry together beautifully to make this delicious cake. If you prefer a cake with a slightly less dense texture, substitute 50% of the ground almonds for semolina.

Ingredients:

For the cake

14fl oz Sunflower oil (plus extra for greasing)

12oz Almonds (ground)

11oz Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar

3 tsp Baking powder

8 Egg(s) (free range)

1 Lemon (zest only)

2 Orange(s) (zest only)

2 tsp Lavender (dried)

For the syrup

2 Orange(s) (juice only)

4oz Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar

3 Cloves

2 tsp Cinnamon

1 Lemon (juice only)