Olive oil clementine upside-down cake

Name: Olive oil clementine upside-down cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 5 clementines, or easy peelers; 100 g demerara sugar; 2 sprigs rosemary; 115 ml olive oil; 2 British Blacktail Medium Free Range Eggs; 200 g full fat natural yogurt; 250 g caster sugar; 150 g plain flour; ½ tsp salt; 2 tsp baking powder; 50 g ground almonds; Crème fraîche (optional), to serve

by Martha Collison

This light and fluffy upside-down cake is packed with flavour and makes for a perfectly sophisticated afternoon treat.

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Serves12
CourseCake
Prepare25 mins
Cook45 mins
Total time1 hr 10 mins

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Ingredients

5 clementines, or easy peelers
100g demerara sugar
2 sprigs rosemary
115ml olive oil
2 British Blacktail Medium Free Range Eggs
200g full fat natural yogurt
250g caster sugar
150g plain flour
½ tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
50g ground almonds
Crème fraîche (optional), to serve

Method

Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C, gas mark 3. Grease a 20cm round cake tin and then line with baking parchment. Slice the clementines, skin on, into discs.
Combine the demerara sugar and 125ml water in a medium-sized saucepan and heat gently until dissolved. Add the clementine slices and rosemary and simmer very gently for 20 minutes, until softened. Use a slotted spoon to remove the slices and arrange them in the prepared tin. Reserve the syrup.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together the oil, eggs, yogurt and caster sugar until they form a smooth paste. Sieve over the flour, salt and baking powder and mix until just combined, then stir in the ground almonds. Pour into the tin and level the surface.
Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until golden and a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the tin, then turn out, remove the baking parchment and brush the top with the reserved clementine rosemary syrup. Enjoy warm or cold, with a big spoonful of crème fraîche. This cake will keep for up to 5 days in an airtight container.