Zesty & pretty upside-down clementine cakes. A similar bake to the much-loved pineapple upside-down cake but perfect individual portions and with added clementine zest! A Dairy Diary recipe.
Ingredients
Shredless orange marmalade 150g (5oz)
Clementines 5, 4 peeled and each sliced horizontally into 3, 1 zest and juice
Butter 150g (5oz), softened
Golden caster sugar 150g (5oz)
Eggs 2, beaten
Self-raising flour 100g (3½oz)
Ground almonds 50g (2oz)
Baking powder ½ tsp
Orange extract 1 tsp
Vanilla ice cream or crème fraîche to serve (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 180ºC/160ºfan/Gas 4
Grease a 12-hole muffin tin
Put marmalade and clementine juice in a small pan and whisk together over a low heat to a smooth glaze
Spoon 1 tbsp into each hole and place a clementine slice on top
Reserve the remaining glaze
Whisk together butter and sugar until pale and fluffy then gradually whisk in beaten eggs
Fold in flour, ground almonds and baking powder
Stir in zest and orange extract
Divide mixture between holes of the tin and bake for 20 minutes until lightly golden
Run a knife around each cake and leave to cool for 5 minutes
Invert the tin onto a wire rack and brush remaining glaze over each cake
Serve warm with ice cream or créme fraiche, if liked.