Gillian Veal

Satsuma Cake with Rosemary Honey Syrup

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Café Cooking: From The Parlour to Cambo Gardens
Café Cooking

By Gillian Veal

Published 2024

  • About

This is a delicious, light and tangy cake – the satsumas give it an amazingly intense flavour but you could use any citrus fruit. Note that the fruit needs to be simmered for two hours beforehand.

Ingredients

  • 375 g satsumas, clementines or oranges
  • 6 eggs
  • 225

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C (170°C fan).

Place the satsumas, clementines or oranges, skin and all, in a large pan of water and bring slowly to the boil. Simmer for 2 hours, covered, turning occasionally so the fruit cooks evenly. Drain and cool.

Cut the fru