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St. Clement’s Cake

4 February 2013 By Charlotte Pike 6 Comments

St. Clement’s cake

Oranges are in season at the moment and I love to use them in all sorts of dishes, from salads, to baked suppers to cakes.  This is one of my most-used gluten free cake recipes. You can easily adapt it back to using wheat flour by replacing the flour with plain flour. Everyone loves this cake, as its intense fruity flavour comes from the whole fruits used in the recipe. Simply remove the stalk and pips and use every little bit of the fruit and peel.

The easiest way to make this cake is to make an electric food processor, so that the cooked fruit is blended to a fine, smooth pulp, which will make a silky smooth, light, almost mousse-like cake.

For the best results, use a really good quality non-stick cake tin. The finish of the cake is much nicer when paper isn’t used around the sides. I used a 24″ round springform tin from Le Creuset. The non-stick coating is really effective and the cake effortlessly releases from the tin. Highly recommended.

This cake makes a delicious dessert served with some crème fraîche.

The cake, fresh out of the oven

St Clement’s Cake

Makes one 24” round cake – serves 10-12 people

N.B. recipe uses UK metric cups

Ingredients:

2 small oranges
1 lemon
1 cup Doves Farm plain white flour
1 Tablespoon gluten free baking powder
4 eggs at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups golden caster sugar
1 1/2 cups ground almonds
2/3 cup olive oil

Zest of 1 large orange and some flaked almonds to decorate

Method:

1)     Cut the lemon into quarters and throw out the pips. Cut the orange into eight and discard the pips

2)     Put the oranges and the lemon in a large pan and add enough water to cover them. Bring to a boil, then simmer and cook uncovered for 30 minutes.

3)     Drain and allow to cool.

4)     Put the citrus into a food processor (the Vitamix is amazing here) and chop it up finely, then set aside.

5)     Preheat oven to 160 C (350 F)

6)     Sift flour and baking powder together into a bowl and set aside.

7)     In the electric mixer, combine eggs and salt, beat until foamy for 2 – 3 minutes

8)     Gradually add in the sugar, and continue to mix. Gently fold in the flour mixture using a spatula. Stir in chopped oranges and lemon, almonds, and olive oil until just incorporated.

9)     N.B. Mix very carefully and quickly as it is easy to over mix.

10)   Pour the batter into a greased tin.

11)   Bake for about 40-50 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean and the top is nicely golden.

12)   Allow to cool on in the tin for 20 minutes, then remove the tin and allow to cool on a wire rack for a further hour. Decorate just before serving

 

Filed Under: Baking Tagged With: gluten free, gluten free cake recipe, gluten free fruit cake recipe, Le Creuset bakeware, Le Creuset cake tin 24", Orange and lemon cake, Orange cake using whole fruit, St. Clements, St. Clements Cake recipe, Vitamix cake recipes, whole fruit cake

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Comments

  1. Jayne says

    5 February 2013 at 1:37 pm

    This cake must be full of flavour! I make a cake with one orange, but I love the idea of adding a lemon too, I will have to try this it sounds great! Lovely cake tin too!

    Reply
    • Charlotte Pike says

      5 February 2013 at 9:54 pm

      Thank you Jayne. The cake is very full of flavour, with a slight bitter edge due to the lemon, which is really nice. The tin is excellent, thank you, very pleased with it!

      Reply
  2. laura@howtocookgoodfood says

    5 February 2013 at 7:51 pm

    I do have cake tin and Vitamix envy here. Wow, I would love both ! I didn’t realise Le Creuset did such good baking tins. As for the cake, I know i would love it and share your love of oranges at the moment. I bet this cake smells and tastes wonderful!

    Reply
    • Charlotte Pike says

      5 February 2013 at 9:55 pm

      Thanks Laura! It’s a really lovely cake to make, and especially for Tony – you’d never know it is gluten free.

      Reply
  3. Susan says

    13 February 2013 at 6:24 pm

    I want to make this cake but am wondering about the 24″ cake pan. Is that correct??

    Reply
    • Charlotte Pike says

      13 February 2013 at 10:06 pm

      Thank you so much for your comment. My mistake, it is a 24cm round springform tin.

      Reply

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Charlotte is known for her recipes that really work, and as a professionally trained chef who writes about food.

Charlotte lives in the English countryside and is passionate about great home cooking using the best seasonal ingredients.

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