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Clementine cake

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Clementine cake
Clementine cake.png
A slice of clementine cake
Type Cake
Course Dessert
Creator Possibly originated from an orange cake developed by the Sephardi Jews
Serving temperature Cold or warmed
Main ingredients Clementine fruit and typical cake ingredients
Similar dishes Fruitcake
Cookbook:   Media: Clementine cake

Clementine cake is a cake prepared with clementine fruit as a primary ingredient and other typical cake ingredients. Additional ingredients may be used, and some preparation variations exist. It may be prepared using whole or peeled clementines that have been manually-seeded, or seedless fruit may be used. It may provide significant amounts of Vitamin D.[1] It may be topped with a sweet glaze or sauce, powdered sugar, honey and clementines or candied clementines. Its origin may be roughly based upon an orange cake developed by the Sephardi Jews. In popular culture, the cake played a minor part in the plot of the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

Preparation and variations

Clementine cake is prepared with the primary ingredients of clementine fruit, ground almonds or almond meal, flour, sugar, butter and eggs.[2][3] Additional ingredients may be used, such as orange juice, orange muscat, milk, white dessert wine, or Riesling wine,[4][1] orange oil or tangerine oil (or both),[1] almond extract and vanilla extract.[1] Some variations exist, such as being prepared without the use of flour.[3][5] It may also be prepared as an upside-down cake.[6][7]

The cake may be prepared with clementines and/or clementine zest mixed in the batter,[2][8][9] with them atop the cake, such as in slices, and in both ways.[3] The seeds and membrane of the clementine may be removed as part of the preparation process,[3][4][10] or seedless clementines may be used.[11] Whole, sliced clementines including the peel,[2][12] or peeled clementines may be used,[10] and the clementines may be cooked before being used in the cake batter.[13] The fruit may be chopped or blended using a food processor.[13] Candied clementine may be used atop the cake or as a garnish.[3][1] The almonds used may be toasted or blanched.[1][11]

Clementine cake may be finished with a sweet topping such as a sugar or chocolate glaze,[3][14] a fudge or chocolate sauce,[8][15] powdered sugar or honey.[2][3][16] Clementine cake may be dense and moist,[10] and its flavor may improve a day or more after preparation,[3][5][13] because the ingredients intermingle and coalesce to enhance its flavor as it ages. After being cooked, the cake may be delicate and can fall if it is wiggled too much.[12] After preparation, it may be frozen to preserve it.[17]

  • A slice of vanilla clementine cake

    A slice of vanilla clementine cake

  • Vanilla clementine cake and cupcakes

    Vanilla clementine cake and cupcakes

History

Whole, peeled, halved and sectioned clementines
Whole, peeled, halved and sectioned clementines

Clementine cake's origin may be roughly based upon an orange cake developed by the Sephardi Jews.[9]

In popular culture

Clementine cake played a minor part in the plot of the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and was pictured in the opening scene of the film and in a couple of additional scenes.[3][12]

British celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has devised a recipe for clementine cake.[3][5]

See also

References

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Further reading

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