Clementine upside-down cake with marmalade

  • Portion size: Serves 8-10
  • Hands-on time 40 min, oven time 65-70 min
  • Difficulty: easy

You can do more with marmalade than simply spread it on toast. We’ve used it to add an extra hit of orange flavour and sweetness to this upside-down cake.

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Ingredients

  • Vegetable oil for greasing
  • 250g unsalted butter, softened
  • 250g golden caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 medium free-range eggs, beaten
  • 100g ground almonds
  • 150g self-raising flour
  • Finely grated zest 1 lemon
  • 8 clementines, 3 finely zested,
  • all peeled and sliced horizontally into thirds
  • 4 tbsp demerara sugar
  • 3 tbsp clementine and bay marmalade or orange marmalade

You’ll also need…

  • 20cm non-stick round cake tin
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Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180°C/160°Cfan/gas 4. Grease and line the base of the tin with non-stick baking paper. In a mixing bowl, combine the butter and 250g caster sugar using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract, then add the beaten egg a little at a time until fully incorporated.
  2. Add the ground almonds, flour and zests, then gently mix together.
  3. Sprinkle the 4 tbsp sugar over the base of the prepared tin, then top with the clementine slices, cut-side down, overlapping them to cover any gaps. Dollop over the cake mixture, smooth the top, then bake for 65-70 minutes until a skewer pushed into the centre comes out clean.
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  5. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool, clementines face-up. When the cake is nearly cool, warm the marmalade in a pan, then brush over to serve.

Nutrition

  • 490kcals Calories
  • 28.9g (14.2g saturated) Fat
  • 7.6g Protein
  • 49.2g (37.7g sugars) Carbs
  • 1.1g Fibre
  • 0.2g Salt

For 10

Quick wins & tips

If you only have springform or loose-bottomed cake tins, put a baking sheet lined with non-stick baking paper underneath in the oven to catch any marmalade that may seep out.

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