Clementine Syrup Cake

Name: Clementine Syrup Cake
Prep time: 2 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 10
Ingredients: 250 g (9 oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 250 g (9 oz/2½ cups) almond meal; Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon baking powder Rose petals and/or shelled pistachios (optional); 6 eggs; 1 orange and 2 clementines (or 2 oranges)

Preparation info

Serves
10

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
3 hr 30

Appears in

100 Desserts to Die For

By Trish Deseine

Published 2016

About

Another recipe that has travelled around the world as part of our current love for Yotam Ottolenghi and Mediterranean food, scented with rose and orange flower water. Here I have given you the basic version of this cake, which you can customise by adding pistachios, pomegranate seeds or exotically flavoured icings ...

Ingredients

For the cake:

1 orange and 2 clementines (or 2 oranges)
6

Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

MAKE THE CAKE. Fill a large saucepan with water and bring it to the boil on the stove, then add the fruit and poach for 2 hours in the gently simmering water. Add more water during this time if needed. Drain the fruit and let them cool, then chop roughly and remove any seeds or pith. Purée in a food processor.

PREHEAT THE OVEN TO