Clementine Cake

Directions

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   1. Put the clementines in a pan with some cold water, bring to the boil and cook for 2 hours.
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   2. Drain the water off and, when clementines are cool, cut each clementine in half and remove the pips.
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   3. Using a food processor, mix and pulse the clementines to a pulp - skins, pith, fruit and all. Preheat the oven to gas mark 5/190°C.
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   4. Beat the eggs in a bowl and then add the sugar, almonds and baking powder. Mix well, then mix in the pulped oranges.
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   5. Butter and line a 21cm springform tin.
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   6. Pour the cake mixture into the prepared tin and bake for an hour or until baked (when a skewer poked in the center of the cake comes out clean). Cover the top with foil or greaseproof paper after about 40 minutes to stop the top from burning.
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   7. Remove from the oven and leave to cool, in the tin. When the cake is cold, take it out of the tin.