I was extremely lucky to be gifted a HUGE bag of clemengolds and set about making all sorts of lovely goodies with the produce. You can see my recipe for candied clemengolds here. I chose to make a clemengold cake using my standard cake recipe which is a no fail one in my opinion.
or the recipe for my poached crayfish here
so, with some of the left over clemengold syrup, I decided to make my standard cake recipe with a little twist!
Clemengold Cake
Ingredients
- 125 mls sugar syrup
- 2 eggs
- 125 mls flour
- 15 mls baking powder
- 1 pinch fine salt
- 5 mls ground cinnamon
- 125 g butter
Method
- preheat the oven to 175° Celsius
- whisk together the sugar syrup and the eggs
- sieve the dry ingredients into the bowl and mix
- add the butter and mix until well combined
- pour into a prepared baking tin and bake for 25 minutes
- allow to cool before removing from the tin
Click on the links for conversions and notes.
Ingredients for my recipe:
- Sugar syrup – this simple syrup is easy to make. You need to take equal quantities of water to sugar and boil them up until thick. You can add any flavouring to the water. And it will keep in your fridge for months in a sterilized glass jar.
- Eggs – In South Africa extra-large eggs weigh between 59g and 66g. I use free range eggs, and always in this weight range. When separating my eggs I do them one at a time. This way I never end up with egg yolk in the whites. If I am not using the egg whites for the recipe I store them in the freezer in bags. Be sure to write on the bag how many egg whites are in each one. Defrost your egg whites in the fridge overnight.
- Flour – in South Africa flour, refers to cake flour. This is not the same as All Purpose Flour in America but you can use it gram for gram with whatever is the equivalent in your country.
- Baking powder – make sure your baking powder is fresh otherwise the results will not be perfect. Rather do not buy in bulk as expiry dates could be close to purchase dates.
- Salt – I only buy Oryx Desert Salt as it is sustainably sourced. It tastes like real salt which you don’t find in cheaper versions. I prefer to spend more and use less.
- Cinnamon – I use a lot of ground cinnamon so I buy this spice already ground. If it has no smell when you open the bottle, throw the spice away.
- Butter – I always use unsalted butter in my recipes if it is available in the shops. If not, be sure to keep in mind that you need to reduce the amount of salt you use in a recipe.
It came out much nicer than my cake!
It was pure luck!
Man, now I’m going to the kitchen…to EAT!!!
Beautiful food, and post.
God Bless You
paul
thank you so much Paul, blessing to you 🙂
Looks delish – a citrus twist! Have a fab day! xxx
(PS: congrats on being featured on the Taste Newsletter!!)
thanks Sharon – I am quite chuffed with being featured 🙂
Love the new look (have only just seen it) and the recipes. Really need to candy my own fruit this year!
thanks, hope you had a super time away!
Looks wonderful, Tandy. Those Clemengolds seem to have petered out here. I really enjoyed them while they lasted. 😉
they are all done here as well which is a pity, as they made a great morning snack 🙂
I love your new look Tandy – it has been in my diary to do a revamp for the longest while but alas – I just don’t get around to doing it!
Your cake looks fantastic too!
Hope you have had a good day.
🙂 Mandy
thanks Mandy, I am not 100% happy with the new look so I will keep trying them out until I find something perfect 🙂
lovely, you have been busy! c
I try!
Looks yummy!
Thanks, hope you got a better night’s sleep!
I really like the new look and the cake looks divine. I miss you on Food24
thanks Usha. I moved from food24 as I was not getting as much exposure as everyone else seems to get. Since moving to Taste I have been featured in their bi monthly newsletter 🙂
It looks delicious,Tandy!!
thanks Pink 🙂