Nurturing Thursday: Make Yourself A Cake: A Clementine Cake!

My Friend Lee with Clementine cake

Last Week on Nurturing Thursday I suggested Celebrate what you’ve harvested. This is how I celebrated with a Clementine Cake. Why Clementine cake? We had watched Secret Life of Walter Mitty the week before where Clementine cake made by Shirley McClain plays a pivotal role in the plot so I had to find out if there was such a thing. Turns out, not only there is, but there is even a Walter Mitty Clementine cake.  It’s easy to make and even gluten-free because it’s made with almond flour. It seemed so special I invited a few friends over to help eat it and watch and watch the movie. It turned out to be a festive harvest of friends, food and laughter.
Clementine cake is now my new favorite summer cake.

What’s your favorite summer dessert to share? Now make one and share it. 🙂

FYI Clementines are a variety of small seedless tangerines.

Trader Joe’s has all the ingredients

Walter Mitty CLEMENTINE CAKE (feel free to cut and paste this)

• 375 grams clementines (approximately 5 small)
• 6 eggs
• 1 1/4 cup (225 grams) white sugar
• 2 1/4 cups (250 grams) ground almonds
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

1. Preheat the oven to 375ºF.  Butter and line an 8 or 9 inch springform pan with parchment.
2. Poke each clementine 3 or 4 times with a knife.   Put the clementines in a bowl with a microwave safe cover or plastic wrap.  Cook on high for 3-4 minutes. Cool slightly then dump the clementines (whole) in a food processor and process until smooth.
3. In large bowl beat eggs and sugar until light colored and doubled in volume (about 5 minutes)
4. Add in chopped clementines and mix well.  Then add ground almonds and baking power and mix until combined.
5. Pour mixture into pan and bake for about 45 minutes (when a skewer will come out clean).
6. Cool in the pan on a rack.   Once cake is cold, remove from pan and pull off any parchment.
7. Glaze and add candied clementines to decorate.

GLAZE ( I used less sugar)

• 2 cups confectioners sugar
• 3 tablespoons softened butter
• 1/2 cup clementine juice

1. Mix everything in a bowl adjusting clementine juice and sugar to make a loose but thick glaze

CANDIED CLEMENTINES

• 3 clementines
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
  1. Slice clementines very thinly.
  2. Put sugar and water in a heavy bottomed pan on medium heat.   Stir until sugar is dissolved.
  3. Add clementine slices and simmer on low for about 15-20 minutes.
  4. Pull clementines from sugar mixture and place on parchment or silpat until cool.
     

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