Christmas Spiced Clementine Drizzle Cake

I love this time of year in the kitchen.

I love using spices in my baking so this time of year is a perfect excuse to use them.

Like I really need an excuse!!!

When I was thinking about flavours that are seen as "Christmassy" I came up with a few and have mixed my favourites to create this festive cake!

This is what I got...

 

Christmas Spiced Clementine Drizzle Cake topped with dried Cranberries

 

Ingredients

 

Cake

 

150g baking spread

150g golden caster sugar

3 eggs at room temperature

165g self raising flour

10g ground almonds

1/4 tspn ground ginger

1/2 tspn nutmeg

1 tspn cinnamon

Zest of 4 clementines

Juice of 2 clementines

 

Drizzle and topping

 

Juice of 1 clementine

60g golden caster sugar

50g dried cranberries

 

Method

 

Pre-heat the oven to 180C

 

1 - Cream the baking spread until smooth

 

2 - Add the golden caster sugar and mix until creamed together

 

3 - Mix the flour, ground almonds, ground ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon together in a bowl

 

4 - Gradually add the eggs along with a spoon of the flour mixture to prevent curdling

 

5 - Mix in the clementine zest and juice

 

6 - Sift in the flour adding any of the almonds and spices that remain in the sift

 

7 - Mix until all of the ingredients are combined and you have a smooth cake mixture

 

8 - Put the mixture in a prepared cake tin, place in the pre-heated oven and bake for 20 minutes

 

9 - Once the cake is baked remove from the oven, keep in the tin and prick the cake in various places with a knife

 

10 - To prepare the drizzle topping mix the golden caster sugar into the clementine juice and spoon over the cake making sure it is evenly covered then sprinkle over the dried cranberries

 

11 - Leave the cake to cool in the tin before serving

 

The clementine juice and the ground almonds make this a deliciously moist cake. I love the combination of the sweet cranberries with the citrus and spice!

I will definitely be making this cake again, however, I will bake it any time of the year!

Enjoy x

 

 

 

The Christmas Great Bloggers Bake Off is hosted by the lovely Jenny at Mummy Mishaps and Helen at The Crazy Kitchen

 

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