Tangerine Cakes
These tangerine cakes are perfect for those days when you are in a rush and need a quick and easy recipe. They are great for getting your New Year's Eve table ready easier or even as a snack to take anywhere.
Portions: 12 cakes
Ingredients
- 3 a 4 tangerines
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup olive oil
- 1 cup brown sugar can be adjusted if you want your cakes sweeter
- 2 cups wheat flour you can use oat or spelt flour as well
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Icing sugar to sprinkle
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180º.
- In a blender or in a kitchen robot, add the peeled tangerines, eggs, olive oil and sugar.
- Blend well at high speed, so that the ingredients form a liquid and homogeneous mixture.
- Put the mixture in a bowl and add the flour and baking powder. If you sift the flour and the baking powder, you will obtain a fluffier consistency, but this step is not fundamental.
- Mix the flour and the baking powder well with the help of a spatula. As soon as there are no lumps and the dough is all homogeneous, you can pour it into cake tins.
- If you use silicon tins/molds, you do not need to grease them.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until the cakes are baked. They should be golden brown on top.
- Remove from the oven and let the cakes cool down.
- Remove from the molds and sprinkle with icing sugar or your favorite topping.
Notes
These tangerine cakes are super versatile and therefore do not have to be made only with tangerine.
Make them with the fruits you like the most... be it orange, pineapple, mango, coconut, anyway. Use whatever you want, the process is the same.
Replace the brown sugar with the sweetener of your preference and adjust the quantity if you want a sweeter cake.
Once again, I love making this recipe with olive oil because I think it gives a more intense flavor, but you can use oil, butter or even coconut oil.
As for the topping, I wanted it to be something simple. But you can make a glaze, a vanilla topping, a ganache or any other topping you like.
Ahh and if you want a slight vanilla flavor in your tangerine cakes, put some drops of vanilla essence or 1 tsp of vanilla sugar.