Clementine Sweet Mincemeat Loaf

This cake is fruity and moist and is a lovely substitute to traditional heavy Christmas fruitcake. Candied clementines give it an extra sweet decadence. Added bonus is it uses up the leftover sweet mincemeat from making mincemeat tarts!

Ingredients:

2/3 cup butter, at room temperature

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

2 cups flour

2 tsps baking powder

1 1/2 cups sweet mincemeat (if short on mincemeat add a few raisins)

1 cup mixed peel

2 clementines, zest and juice

 

Candied clementines:

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup water

2 clementines

Start with making the candied clementines because they take a bit of time to make. Slice the clementines as thinly as possible. Mix the sugar and water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the clementine slices and reduce heat. Simmer for 2 hours. The clementines will appear translucent.

Carefully lift the slices out of the saucepan and onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake in a 200°F oven for 45-60 minutes until just tacky to the touch. Once out of the oven turn each slice over onto a clean spot on the paper and let cool completely. Reserve the remaining syrup in the pot.

For the cake, cream the butter and brown sugar together, then add the eggs one at a time. Mix the sweet mincemeat, mixed peel, clementine zest and juice together and add to the butter mixture. I was short on leftover mincemeat so I added 1/4 cup of raisins. Sift the flour and baking powder together and add to the wet ingredients. Grease and line an 8 X 4" loaf pan and turn the batter into the pan. Bake at 325°F for 1 1/4 hours or until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool 10-15 minutes then turn out onto a rack to cool completely. Leave it upside down.

Using a silicone brush, glaze the entire loaf with the reserved clementine syrup. Place the clementine slices in a (more decoratively placed than I) pattern on the loaf and glaze over the slices and loaf.

Love that shine!

Cool completely before slicing.

Adapted from: patisseriemakesitperfect.co.uk

Link to my Two Bite Sweet Mincemeat Tarts:

https://www.hotandcoldrunningmom.ca/2021/12/two-bite-sweet-mincemeat-tarts.html 

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