Clementine & almond squares

Name: Clementine & almond squares
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Cuts into 16
Ingredients: ½ tsp/2.5 ml almond extract; 4 large (US extra large) eggs; 225 g/8 oz/1 parsnip, peeled and diced; 150 g/5 oz/2 clementine oranges, washed; Little icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted, to decorate (optional); 100 g/3¾ oz/¾ cup ground almonds; 25 g/1 oz/scant ¼ cup ground flaxseeds; 1 tsp/5 ml gluten-free baking powder; 4 tbsp/60 ml flaked (sliced) almonds, to decorate; 110 g/4 oz/½ cup golden caster (superfine) sugar

Preparation info

Cuts into
16

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

Energy Balls & Power Bites

By Sara Lewis

Published 2017

About

This rich moist cake is made by cooking whole clementine oranges in water then puréeing with naturally sweet parsnips and baking with ground almonds instead of flour, for a tangy almost marmalade-like flavour.

Ingredients

150 g/5 oz/2 clementine oranges, washed
225 g/

Cake
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Add the clementine oranges to the base of a steamer, cover with water and bring to the boil. Set the steamer basket on top, add the parsnips, and cover and steam for 20 minutes until the parsnips are soft. Cook the clementines for another 10 minutes or so until they are also soft. Cool.
Preheat the oven to

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