Recipe- Grain Free Clementine Upside Down Cake

This clementine upside down cake blows all other upside down cakes out of the water. It’s gluten-free, grain-free, sweet, tangy, citrusy, moist and beautiful.It’s also not nearly as difficult as it looks. Just slice up some clementines or other mandarin, like satsuma (just don’t use oranges as their skin is too thick and tart) and place in the bottom of a springform pan. The clementines cook in a syrupy mixture in the bottom of the pan as the cake is baking, which softens the skins and makes them sweet and easily sliceable when serving up.

Ingredients

2 cups almond flour
1/4 cup tapioca flour
1/4 cup coconut flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
4 eggs
6 clementines, juiced (approx 1/2 cup juice)
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp vanilla

Topping

8 clementines, thinly sliced
2 tbsp butter or ghee
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp lemon juice

Method

* Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.

* Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the bottom of a 9-inch round springform pan. Lightly grease and flour (using arrowroot or tapioca flour) the entire inside of the springform pan, then place the parchment paper inside.

* Using a mandoline or knife, thinly slice the clementines for the topping and set aside.

* Stir all dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
In a separate bowl, add all wet ingredients and blend for one minute on medium speed with a hand blender.

* Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and blend for an additional minute.

* In a small pot, heat the butter, honey and lemon juice for the topping on medium heat, stirring to dissolve the honey. Once simmering, remove from the heat.

* Pour the topping mixture into the bottom of your springform pan. Spread it evenly across the bottom.

* Place the clementine slices in the springform pan, starting with the middle and working your way out. Overlap each slice by approximately half.

* Pour the batter into the springform pan and place in the oven for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

* Let the cake cool for 15 minutes. Remove from the springform pan and serve.