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Mandarin Upside Down Cake

Ingredients

4-5 mandarins, thinly sliced
Zest & juice of 1 mandarin
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 tablespoons melted butter, to brush the pan
1 ¾ cup wholewheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup brown sugar
1/3 cup olive oil
½ cup milk

 

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C. Brush a 20cm spring form baking pan with butter

Sprinkle one tablespoon of brown sugar at the bottom of the pan

Arrange the mandarin slices in the pan and fill in any spaces with mandarin pieces

In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda

Add olive oil, milk, mandarin zest and mandarin juice and mix well

Pour the batter into the cake pan over the mandarin slices carefully. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until cake is golden and a knife inserted comes out clean

Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes before turning it out on a cooling rack

Once cooled, serve with plain yoghurt

Recipe sourced from 5+ A Day