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Marianas buttermilk cake with clementines

By Mariana Esterhuizen

Serves 6 to 8

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cooking Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

90 g butter, at room temperature
160 g caster sugar
2 extra-large free-range eggs
½ cup buttermilk, plus 3 T
1 vanilla pod, split
Fine sea salt a pinch
180 g self-raising flour

For the clementines:

12-15 clementines
350 g sugar
1 lemon or ordinary thyme sprig

Method

Preheat the oven to 180ºC.

Line a 24 cm square cake tin with baking paper. Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add the buttermilk, vanilla seeds and salt. Don’t worry if the batter seems to be separating. Lightly stir in the flour.

Pour the batter into the baking tin and bake for 15 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 160ºC and bake for a further 10 minutes, until firm to the touch and golden.

Allow the cake to cool for a few minutes or until you are ready to serve it. Top with clementines or fruit of your choice.

To make the clementines, cut a cross into the bottom of each clementine and immerse in a saucepan of gently boiling water. Boil gently for 15 minutes. Remove from the saucepan using a slotted spoon and set aside. Pour 2 cups water into a second saucepan, add the sugar and boil until dissolved. Add the clementines and thyme and boil gently until the clementines become syrupy.

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