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Clementine cake

January 01, 1970

Clementine cake is a cake flavored primarily with clementines. It may be topped with a sweet glaze or sauce, powdered sugar, honey and clementines, or candied clementines. It may originate from an orange cake in Sephardic cuisine. In popular culture, the cake played a minor part in the plot of the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

Clementine cake
Clementine cupcake, cut open
TypeCake
CourseDessert
Created byPossibly originated from an orange cake developed by the Sephardi Jews
Serving temperatureCold or warmed
Main ingredientsClementine fruit and typical cake ingredients
Similar dishesFruitcake
  •   Media: Clementine cake

The cake is sometimes prepared using whole clementines in their peels, seeds and all, boiled.

Joyce Goldstein called it a classic. The Sydney Morning Herald called it famous.

Ingredients edit

Clementine cake is prepared with clementines, ground almonds or almond meal, flour, sugar, butter and eggs.[1][2] Optional ingredients include orange juice, orange muscat, milk, white dessert wine, or Riesling wine,[3][4] orange oil or tangerine oil (or both),[3] almond extract and vanilla extract.[3] Some variations exist, such as being prepared without the use of flour.[2][5]

Preparation edit

The cake can be prepared with clementines and/or clementine zest mixed in the batter,[1][6][7] with them atop the cake, such as in slices, and in both ways.[2] The seeds and membrane of the clementine can be removed as part of the preparation process,[2][4][8] or seedless clementines can be used.[9] Whole, sliced clementines including the peel,[1][10][11][12] or peeled clementines can be used,[8] and the clementines can be cooked before being used in the cake batter.[13] The fruit can be chopped or blended using a food processor.[13] Candied clementines can be used atop the cake or as a garnish.[3][2] The almonds used can be toasted or blanched.[3][9]

Clementine cake can be finished with a sweet topping such as a sugar or chocolate glaze,[2][14] a fudge or chocolate sauce,[6][15] powdered sugar or honey.[1][2][16] Clementine cake is dense and moist,[8][11][12] and its flavor may improve a day or more after preparation,[2][5][13][17] because the ingredients intermingle and coalesce to enhance its flavor as it ages. After being cooked, the cake may be delicate and can fall if it is wiggled too much.[10] After preparation, it can be frozen to preserve it.[18]

Preparation
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    Boiling the whole fruit
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    Fruit after boiling
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    Pureed whole boiled fruit
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    Prepared batter in cupcake wrappers
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    Finished clementine cupcake

Variations edit

It can also be prepared as an upside-down cake.[19][20] Individual cupcakes are a common variation.

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    A slice of vanilla clementine cake
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    Vanilla clementine cake and cupcakes
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    A slice of clementine cake
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    Clementine cake

History edit

 
Whole, peeled, halved and sectioned clementines

Clementine cake is probably related to a Sephardic orange cake.[7] Sephardic Jews popularized citrus cultivation in the Mediterranean region[21] in the 15th century and popularized the use of orange in baked goods. In addition to its Iberian flavors, the cake also has North African and Spanish roots.[22]

Claudia Roden, writing for The Guardian, said that she'd traced the evolution of the dish, which she describes as a Sephardic passover dish, "from Andalucia, through Portugal and Livorno in Italy, to Aleppo".[23] The New Yorker said that Roden's recipe had been adapted by so many other cook book writers that Roden had lost count.[24]

Recognition and importance edit

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Joyce Goldstein called it a "classic Judeo-Spanish cake".[17] In 2020, Jill Dupleix, writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, called it "the now famous, never-bettered, flourless Sephardic cake".[25] Nigella Lawson called Roden's recipe "magnificent"[26] and created an adaptation.[2][5]

In popular culture edit

Clementine cake played a minor part in the plot of the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and was included in the opening scene of the film and in a couple of additional scenes.[2][10]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Clementine Cake". San Francisco Chronicle. January 8, 2015. from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Linn, Virginia (February 26, 2014). "The secret cake in 'Walter Mitty'". The Daily Herald. from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e Goldman, M. (2014). The Baker's Four Seasons: Baking by the Season, Harvest, and Occasion. Montreal, Canada: River Heart Press. pp. 270–272. ISBN 978-0-9865724-1-8.
  4. ^ a b Watson, Molly (January 13, 2015). "Recipe: Clementine Cake". Houston Chronicle. from the original on December 9, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c Lawson, Nigella. "Clementine cake". Nigella Lawson. from the original on December 2, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Killian, D. (2011). Death in a Difficult Position. A Mantra for Murder Mystery. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-101-55111-0.
  7. ^ a b Willoughby, John (March 28, 2014). "Clementine Cake Recipe". The New York Times. from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  8. ^ a b c Cook, Crystal & Pollock, Sandy (2011). The Casserole Queens Cookbook: Put Some Lovin' in Your Oven With 100 Easy One-Dish Recipes. New York: Clarkson Potter. pp. 176–177. ISBN 978-0-307-71785-6.
  9. ^ a b "Clementine Cake With Cheesecake Cream: Lifestyles". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Associated Press. January 1, 1970. from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  10. ^ a b c Lindahl, Nancy (January 8, 2014). "Sweet Basil the Bee: Sweet, little Clementines go into an intriguing, flour-less cake". Chico Enterprise-Record. from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  11. ^ a b Perelman, Deb (13 January 2009). "Clementine Cake". Smitten Kitchen.
  12. ^ a b Hodgson, Moira (11 October 2023). "Claudia Roden's Orange and Almond Cake Recipe". NYT Cooking. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  13. ^ a b c O'Sullivan, Lucinda (December 4, 2015). "What to eat when wheat is off the daily menu". Irish Independent. from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  14. ^ Willoughby, John (April 15, 2014). "John Willoughby's Chocolate Glaze Recipe". The New York Times. from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  15. ^ Page, Candace (February 12, 2015). "Taste test: What's the secret to great fudge sauce?". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  16. ^ Browne, Miranda G. (2014). Bake Me a Cake as Fast as You Can: Over 100 super easy, fast and delicious recipes. London: Ebury Publishing. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-4464-8917-8.
  17. ^ a b Gold, Amanda (18 January 2018). "Sephardic Orange & Almond Cake for Passover". San Francisco Chronicle.
  18. ^ Breyer, Melissa (January 5, 2015). "23 surprising foods you can freeze and how to do it". Mother Nature Network. from the original on December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  19. ^ "Adorable Clementine Upside Down Cakes". The Huffington Post. March 18, 2013. from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  20. ^ McDonnell, Justin (February 18, 2015). "Kung Hei Fat Choy! Alternative ways to celebrate Chinese New Year". Time Out. from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  21. ^ Marks, Gil (2010). Encyclopedia of Jewish Food. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-544-18631-6.
  22. ^ Colquhoun, Anna. "Sephardi Orange and Almond Cake". Culinary Anthropologist. from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  23. ^ Roden, Claudia (2022-09-26). "Claudia Roden's recipe for orange and almond cake". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  24. ^ Kramer, Jane (2007-08-27). "Claudia Roden's Spice Routes". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  25. ^ Dupleix, Jill (2020-03-17). "Orange and almond cake". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  26. ^ "Clementine Cake". Nigella.com. Retrieved 2024-04-22.

Further reading edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clementine cakes.
  • Willoughby, John (April 15, 2014). "In the Kitchen With Clémentine and Ruth". The New York Times. Retrieved December 4, 2015.

External link edit

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Clementine cake is a cake flavored primarily with clementines It may be topped with a sweet glaze or sauce powdered sugar honey and clementines or candied clementines It may originate from an orange cake in Sephardic cuisine In popular culture the cake played a minor part in the plot of the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Clementine cakeClementine cupcake cut openTypeCakeCourseDessertCreated byPossibly originated from an orange cake developed by the Sephardi JewsServing temperatureCold or warmedMain ingredientsClementine fruit and typical cake ingredientsSimilar dishesFruitcake Media Clementine cake The cake is sometimes prepared using whole clementines in their peels seeds and all boiled Joyce Goldstein called it a classic The Sydney Morning Herald called it famous Contents 1 Ingredients 2 Preparation 3 Variations 4 History 5 Recognition and importance 6 In popular culture 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linkIngredients editClementine cake is prepared with clementines ground almonds or almond meal flour sugar butter and eggs 1 2 Optional ingredients include orange juice orange muscat milk white dessert wine or Riesling wine 3 4 orange oil or tangerine oil or both 3 almond extract and vanilla extract 3 Some variations exist such as being prepared without the use of flour 2 5 Preparation editThe cake can be prepared with clementines and or clementine zest mixed in the batter 1 6 7 with them atop the cake such as in slices and in both ways 2 The seeds and membrane of the clementine can be removed as part of the preparation process 2 4 8 or seedless clementines can be used 9 Whole sliced clementines including the peel 1 10 11 12 or peeled clementines can be used 8 and the clementines can be cooked before being used in the cake batter 13 The fruit can be chopped or blended using a food processor 13 Candied clementines can be used atop the cake or as a garnish 3 2 The almonds used can be toasted or blanched 3 9 Clementine cake can be finished with a sweet topping such as a sugar or chocolate glaze 2 14 a fudge or chocolate sauce 6 15 powdered sugar or honey 1 2 16 Clementine cake is dense and moist 8 11 12 and its flavor may improve a day or more after preparation 2 5 13 17 because the ingredients intermingle and coalesce to enhance its flavor as it ages After being cooked the cake may be delicate and can fall if it is wiggled too much 10 After preparation it can be frozen to preserve it 18 Preparation nbsp Boiling the whole fruit nbsp Fruit after boiling nbsp Pureed whole boiled fruit nbsp Prepared batter in cupcake wrappers nbsp Finished clementine cupcakeVariations editIt can also be prepared as an upside down cake 19 20 Individual cupcakes are a common variation nbsp A slice of vanilla clementine cake nbsp Vanilla clementine cake and cupcakes nbsp A slice of clementine cake nbsp Clementine cakeHistory edit nbsp Whole peeled halved and sectioned clementines Clementine cake is probably related to a Sephardic orange cake 7 Sephardic Jews popularized citrus cultivation in the Mediterranean region 21 in the 15th century and popularized the use of orange in baked goods In addition to its Iberian flavors the cake also has North African and Spanish roots 22 Claudia Roden writing for The Guardian said that she d traced the evolution of the dish which she describes as a Sephardic passover dish from Andalucia through Portugal and Livorno in Italy to Aleppo 23 The New Yorker said that Roden s recipe had been adapted by so many other cook book writers that Roden had lost count 24 Recognition and importance editAccording to the San Francisco Chronicle Joyce Goldstein called it a classic Judeo Spanish cake 17 In 2020 Jill Dupleix writing for the Sydney Morning Herald called it the now famous never bettered flourless Sephardic cake 25 Nigella Lawson called Roden s recipe magnificent 26 and created an adaptation 2 5 In popular culture editClementine cake played a minor part in the plot of the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and was included in the opening scene of the film and in a couple of additional scenes 2 10 See also edit nbsp Food portal Fruitcake List of cakes List of desserts List of fruit dishesReferences edit a b c d Clementine Cake San Francisco Chronicle January 8 2015 Archived from the original on December 8 2015 Retrieved December 4 2015 a b c d e f g h i j Linn Virginia February 26 2014 The secret cake in Walter Mitty The Daily Herald Archived from the original on December 8 2015 Retrieved December 4 2015 a b c d e Goldman M 2014 The Baker s Four Seasons Baking by the Season Harvest and Occasion Montreal Canada River Heart Press pp 270 272 ISBN 978 0 9865724 1 8 a b Watson Molly January 13 2015 Recipe Clementine Cake Houston Chronicle Archived from the original on December 9 2015 Retrieved December 4 2015 a b c Lawson Nigella Clementine cake Nigella Lawson Archived from the original on December 2 2015 Retrieved December 4 2015 a b Killian D 2011 Death in a Difficult Position A Mantra for Murder Mystery Penguin Publishing Group p 206 ISBN 978 1 101 55111 0 a b Willoughby John March 28 2014 Clementine Cake Recipe The New York Times Archived from the original on December 8 2015 Retrieved December 4 2015 a b c Cook Crystal amp Pollock Sandy 2011 The Casserole Queens Cookbook Put Some Lovin in Your Oven With 100 Easy One Dish Recipes New York Clarkson Potter pp 176 177 ISBN 978 0 307 71785 6 a b Clementine Cake With Cheesecake Cream Lifestyles St Louis Post Dispatch Associated Press January 1 1970 Archived from the original on March 9 2012 Retrieved December 4 2015 a b c Lindahl Nancy January 8 2014 Sweet Basil the Bee Sweet little Clementines go into an intriguing flour less cake Chico Enterprise Record Archived from the original on December 8 2015 Retrieved December 4 2015 a b Perelman Deb 13 January 2009 Clementine Cake Smitten Kitchen a b Hodgson Moira 11 October 2023 Claudia Roden s Orange and Almond Cake Recipe NYT Cooking Retrieved 2024 04 13 a b c O Sullivan Lucinda December 4 2015 What to eat when wheat is off the daily menu Irish Independent Archived from the original on December 8 2015 Retrieved December 4 2015 Willoughby John April 15 2014 John Willoughby s Chocolate Glaze Recipe The New York Times Archived from the original on December 8 2015 Retrieved December 4 2015 Page Candace February 12 2015 Taste test What s the secret to great fudge sauce Burlington Free Press Retrieved December 4 2015 Browne Miranda G 2014 Bake Me a Cake as Fast as You Can Over 100 super easy fast and delicious recipes London Ebury Publishing p 169 ISBN 978 1 4464 8917 8 a b Gold Amanda 18 January 2018 Sephardic Orange amp Almond Cake for Passover San Francisco Chronicle Breyer Melissa January 5 2015 23 surprising foods you can freeze and how to do it Mother Nature Network Archived from the original on December 7 2015 Retrieved December 4 2015 Adorable Clementine Upside Down Cakes The Huffington Post March 18 2013 Archived from the original on December 8 2015 Retrieved December 4 2015 McDonnell Justin February 18 2015 Kung Hei Fat Choy Alternative ways to celebrate Chinese New Year Time Out Archived from the original on December 8 2015 Retrieved December 4 2015 Marks Gil 2010 Encyclopedia of Jewish Food Wiley ISBN 978 0 544 18631 6 Colquhoun Anna Sephardi Orange and Almond Cake Culinary Anthropologist Archived from the original on 2 October 2016 Retrieved 28 September 2016 Roden Claudia 2022 09 26 Claudia Roden s recipe for orange and almond cake The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 2024 04 13 Kramer Jane 2007 08 27 Claudia Roden s Spice Routes The New Yorker ISSN 0028 792X Retrieved 2024 04 13 Dupleix Jill 2020 03 17 Orange and almond cake Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 2024 04 13 Clementine Cake Nigella com Retrieved 2024 04 22 Further reading edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clementine cakes Willoughby John April 15 2014 In the Kitchen With Clementine and Ruth The New York Times Retrieved December 4 2015 External link editPreparation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clementine cake amp oldid 1221558750, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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