Mandarin Syrup Cake
Mandarin Syrup Cake
300g Mandarins
260g Caster Sugar
165ml Canola Oil
3 Eggs
1t Vanilla essence
285g White Flour
3t Baking Powder
Syrup
1c Mandarin juice
1c sugar
Heat oven to Bake160˙c and line a 20cm springform cake tin
Wash mandarins and roughly cut into pieces leaving skin on but removing any seeds.
Place in a blender or Nutribullet with oil, vanilla essence and sugar and blend into a fine paste or until skin looks finely grated.
Place mandarin mixture into a bowl and whisk in eggs and sugar.
Whisk in flour and baking powder till mixed through but don't overmix.
Bake for 60mins or until when poked with a skewer it comes out clean.
10mins before cake is ready prepare the syrup.
Combine the mandarin juice and sugar in pot. Bring to the boil and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 5mins till slightly thickened. It will thicken more when it cools.
Once cake is cooked poke 10 -15 holes into it with a skewer and drizzle half the syrup onto it once soaked in your can add the rest or leave some for later drizzling over slices.
Leave in tin to cool.