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Clementine Cake Recipe

A delicious gluten and dairy free cake with a floral orange blossom syrup.

Dairy Free
Gluten Free
Salt free
Clementine Cake Recipe
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Ingredients

For the cake
  • 6 (or around 375g) clementines
  • 6 eggs
  • 225g caster sugar
  • 250g ground almonds
  • 1 tsp gluten free baking powder
  • 1 tbsp orange blossom flower water
For the syrup
  • 1 orange (juice and zest)
  • 40g granulated sugar
  • 150ml water
  • 2-3 tsp orange blossom flower water

A delicious gluten and dairy free cake with a floral orange blossom syrup. Based on a classic Leiths Cookery School recipe, with added flavour from Steenbergs.

Method

01
Place the clementines in a saucepan, cover with cold water, bring to the boil and then simmer gently for 2 hours until soft. Leave to cool.
02
Preheat your oven to 180C.
03
Once cool, remove from the water and blitz the whole clementines in a food processor until smooth.
04
Add the ground almonds, slightly beaten eggs, baking powder, orange flower water and caster sugar to the processor and whizz quickly until combined.
05
Scrape into a 25cm springform tin and bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes until golden on top and cooked through (test with a skewer).
06
Whilst the cake is cooking, make the orange syrup.
07
Place the orange juice and zest, granulated sugar, water and orange flower water in a saucepan. Bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar, and then bubble gently for 5-10 minutes to reduce the liquid.
08
When the cake has come out of the oven, prick all over with a fine skewer and pour over the syrup whilst the cake is warm. 
09
Enjoy with any extra syrup and some crème fraîche.