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| Cake weekend au citron et confit de clémentines à la vanille |
Ingredients
I feel like I’ve already talked way too much today, so I will now simply urge you to make this. Weekend or not.
Just make sure you fold the flour very delicately into the batter, not to loose any of the air (incorporated in the eggs right at the beginning by much whipping) that gives the loaf cake such a light texture.
Same goes for the fats (both cream and butter; that’s actually the difference between a cake and a weekend cake).
What I usually do is to incorporate vigorously a small amount of batter (around one cup) into the melted – yet not hot – fats, then pour this mixture back into the batter, folding very gently.
As for the confit, you simply need to briefly blanch the whole clémentines a couple of times, before cooling them in ice-cold water. This allows to 1) get rid of the skin’s bitterness, and 2) keep the bright orange colour.
Then proceed as detailed below!
You can certainly make it in advance as it will keep for 5 days in the frigde.
Cake weekend au citron et confit de clémentines à la vanille
makes one loaf cake
for the lemon weekend cake
4 eggs
250g caster sugar
zest from 2 fat organic lemons
200g plain flour
one tsp baking powder
150g double cream
50g butter, melted
softened butter, extra for piping
Preheat the oven to 150°C (EDIT: as a sweet reader and friend pointed to me, this might be a little low for non-fan assisted ovens. Mine tends to be one of the most efficient ovens I’ve ever had, hence the low temp; in case yours is on the slow side, I suggest you turn the thermostat up to 170°C for better results). Butter and flour a loaf tin.
Place the eggs and sugar in a bowl, and whip until thick and doubled in size. In an another bowl, mix the flour, lemon zest and baking powder. Fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture. Then pour a little of this onto the cream and melted butter, mix well, and transfer back to the main batter mix. Fold in gently.
Pour into the prepared tin, pipe a line of butter across the cake; and bake for 45 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the cake comes out clean.
for the clémentines confit
350g clémentines, around 3 to 4
200g sugar
half a vanilla pod
100g water
20g cornflour diluted in 40g cold water
bring a large pan of water to the boil. Plunge the clémentines in it and simmer for 3 minutes. Sieve, placing the fruits in an ice-cold water bath as you do so. Repeat one more time. Then chill the clémentines until cold enough to handle.
Slice very finely, and place in a pan along with the sugar, vanilla pod and seeds, and water. Simmer for 30 minutes or until reduced and almost candied. Then vigourously fold in the cornflour mixture. Allow to boil for a couple of minutes, and transfer to a bowl.
Chill.
to serve
a generous dollop of crème fraiche for each serving
Place a slice of cake cut in half lenghtwise in a plate. Top with both a spoonful of confit and a dollop of crème fraiche.
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Cooking Instructions
I feel like I’ve already talked way too much today, so I will now simply urge you to make this. Weekend or not.
Just make sure you fold the flour very delicately into the batter, not to loose any of the air (incorporated in the eggs right at the beginning by much whipping) that gives the loaf cake such a light texture.
Same goes for the fats (both cream and butter; that’s actually the difference between a cake and a weekend cake).
What I usually do is to incorporate vigorously a small amount of batter (around one cup) into the melted – yet not hot – fats, then pour this mixture back into the batter, folding very gently.
As for the confit, you simply need to briefly blanch the whole clémentines a couple of times, before cooling them in ice-cold water. This allows to 1) get rid of the skin’s bitterness, and 2) keep the bright orange colour.
Then proceed as detailed below!
You can certainly make it in advance as it will keep for 5 days in the frigde.
Cake weekend au citron et confit de clémentines à la vanille
makes one loaf cake
for the lemon weekend cake
4 eggs
250g caster sugar
zest from 2 fat organic lemons
200g plain flour
one tsp baking powder
150g double cream
50g butter, melted
softened butter, extra for piping
Preheat the oven to 150°C (EDIT: as a sweet reader and friend pointed to me, this might be a little low for non-fan assisted ovens. Mine tends to be one of the most efficient ovens I’ve ever had, hence the low temp; in case yours is on the slow side, I suggest you turn the thermostat up to 170°C for better results). Butter and flour a loaf tin.
Place the eggs and sugar in a bowl, and whip until thick and doubled in size. In an another bowl, mix the flour, lemon zest and baking powder. Fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture. Then pour a little of this onto the cream and melted butter, mix well, and transfer back to the main batter mix. Fold in gently.
Pour into the prepared tin, pipe a line of butter across the cake; and bake for 45 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the cake comes out clean.
for the clémentines confit
350g clémentines, around 3 to 4
200g sugar
half a vanilla pod
100g water
20g cornflour diluted in 40g cold water
bring a large pan of water to the boil. Plunge the clémentines in it and simmer for 3 minutes. Sieve, placing the fruits in an ice-cold water bath as you do so. Repeat one more time. Then chill the clémentines until cold enough to handle.
Slice very finely, and place in a pan along with the sugar, vanilla pod and seeds, and water. Simmer for 30 minutes or until reduced and almost candied. Then vigourously fold in the cornflour mixture. Allow to boil for a couple of minutes, and transfer to a bowl.
Chill.
to serve
a generous dollop of crème fraiche for each serving
Place a slice of cake cut in half lenghtwise in a plate. Top with both a spoonful of confit and a dollop of crème fraiche.
Copyright © 2005-09 foodbeam
This feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact fanny@foodbeam.com.
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