Clementine cake
This easy-to-make clementine cake is an end-of-year delight for the clementine season.
It's a cake with a double clementine flavor: the whole fruit in the dough on the one hand, and a syrup made with their juice to punctuate it after baking on the other.
It's a cake with a double clementine flavor: the whole fruit in the dough on the one hand, and a syrup made with their juice to punctuate it after baking on the other.
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1 hour 7 min.
Easy
1 cake
9 IngredientsLast modified on: January 6th 2025
For 1 cake, you will need:
- 1
200 g clementines - 2
1 tablespoon water - 3
4 eggs - 4
100 g butter - 5
190 g caster sugar - 6
10 g vanilla sugar - 7
200 g flour - 8
5 g baking powder - 9
3 pinches fine (or table) salt - Total weight: 920 grams
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 20 min.
Cooking: 50 min.
All in all: 1 hour 7 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 2 min.
Clementines
Wash, then cut off and discard the ends (top and bottom) of 200 g clementines.
If possible, choose organic clementines, as both fruit and rind are used, and Corsican clementines for their extraordinary taste.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
...and place in a microwave oven on maximum power, 3 times 1 minute, with a 1-minute pause in between.
The clementines will cook, become very soft, and give off a little juice, which should be stored for future use.
The clementines will cook, become very soft, and give off a little juice, which should be stored for future use.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
While the mixer is running, gently pour in 190 g caster sugar and 10 g vanilla sugar.
Stage 6
Blend until smooth.
Stage 7 - 3 min.
Pour the contents of the mixer into a bowl, then add 200 g flour, 5 g baking powder, 3 pinches fine (or table) salt and whisk thoroughly.
Note: Don't add the flour directly to the mixer, as the dough will be too thick.
Note: Don't add the flour directly to the mixer, as the dough will be too thick.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Pour the batter into a buttered cake tin.
If you want your cake to be wide open when baked, follow this advice.
If you want your cake to be wide open when baked, follow this advice.
Stage 9 - 45 min.
Bake for around 45 minutes at 180°C (360°F), checking after 40 minutes.
Stage 10 - 3 min.
The clementine syrup
In the meantime, weigh out the clementine juice obtained during cooking, reheat in the microwave, add the same weight of caster sugar, and mix well.
Stage 11 - 2 min.
Stage 12
Leave to cool before unmolding and serving.
Remarks
You can also use other citrus fruits, such as lemons, oranges, grapefruit, kumquats or others.
If you don't feel like punching the cake with the syrup, add the juice with the clementines to the mixer in step 4.
If you don't feel like punching the cake with the syrup, add the juice with the clementines to the mixer in step 4.
Keeping: 2 or 3 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 50 RDI=20 % | 410 RDI=40 % | 110 RDI=20 % | 2,610 RDI=130 % | 10,940 RDI: 130 % |
| Per 100 g | 4 RDI=2 % | 40 RDI=4 % | 10 RDI=2 % | 280 RDI=10 % | 1,190 RDI: 10 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 3.60 €
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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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