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Upside-down almond, orange & coconut cake
Plates with creativity, colour, health and happiness
After a life-changing medical experience, one Cheshire chef decided to have a complete overhaul of her diet and now shares her experiences and recipes with others
Joanne Wood lives and works in Knutsford, Cheshire, where she runs her website, food blog and lifestyle ethos at The Balanced Kitchen. For Joanne, food is about much more than sustenance and she believes it can bring creativity, colour, health and happiness to our lives.
As we head into autumn, she shares a sweet and comforting dessert that is bright on colour to keep the summer vibes going and light enough to ensure you don’t feel too full, but still warming and comforting as the days get shorter and colder.
Did you know?
An orange contains six per cent of your recommended daily INGREDIENTS calcium intake
(serves 10)
3 small oranges, sliced thinly 200g softened butter (150g for the cake, 50g for oiling the baking paper) 100g xylitol 4 large eggs, beaten 50ml plain yoghurt 150g spelt wholemeal fl our 120g ground almonds 2tbsp desiccated coconut 2 level tsp baking powder
METHOD
1. Line the bottom of a 23cm springform tin with baking paper and use paper towel to spread 50g butter on top of the baking paper. 2. Arrange the orange slices, starting from the middle and working towards the edges, overlapping as needed to cover the bottom of the tin. Set to one side. 3. Cream the remaining softened butter and xylitol together in a bowl. Add the eggs and yoghurt and whisk until incorporated. 4. Gradually whisk in the fl our, almonds, coconut and baking powder until the batter reaches a smooth consistency. 5. Gently pour the batter on top of the orange slices and spread evenly. It may help to pour the mixture in four parts, using a spatula to gently smooth the batter over the oranges so as not to disturb them. 6. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C/160°C fan/gas mark 4 for 45 minutes. Place a piece of foil over the cake during the fi nal 10 to 15 minutes if it begins to brown too much. 7. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes. Once cooled, release the spring- release and lift away the edges from the tin.
Place a plate on top of the cake and quickly turn over so the oranges are now on top.
Carefully peel o the baking paper. TIP The cake is best eaten on the day of baking. If you store any uneaten cake in the fridge and fi nd it has soaked up the juice from the orange slices, you can reheat it in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes to help dry it out again.
Cheers to
THE BEERS
Real ale fans from the Campaign for Real Ale have revealed the results of their prestigious awards for 2021 and several local venues have scooped honours for their beers
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has handed out multiple national awards in what is a particularly important year for the organisation as it marks 50 years of campaigning. As part of its anniversary celebrations, CAMRA is recognising people, groups and businesses that have made a significant contribution to CAMRA’s aims, and rewarding them with a Golden Award.
Four popular venues within the Shire region were lucky enough to receiving one of these awards. They are…
All Nations, Madeley, All Nations, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire Telford, Shropshire
This past winner of the This past winner of the local CAMRA Pub of the local CAMRA Pub of the Year Award has brewed Year Award has brewed its own beer since it was first licensed in 1832 and has appeared regularly in
The Good Beer Guide.
Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, Shropshire
Around 18,000 different cask ales have been served at the Crown over the past 25 years. This pub has regularly This pub has regularly appeared in The Good Beer appeared in Guide and consistently Guide pours great pints. pours great pints.
Appleton Thorn Village Hall, Cheshire
CAMRA’s National Club of the Year winner in 2019 that has consistently poured great pints.
Borough Arms, Crewe, Cheshire
A popular town pub with 10 ever-changing real ales plus a wide selection of Belgian beers on tap and in bottles.
Did you CAMRA Golden Award know? CAMRA’s podcast is called “Pubs. Pints. People” CAMRA’s awards director, Gary Timmins, says: “I am delighted to be honouring these pubs with a CAMRA Golden Award. This is our anniversary year and we want to take this opportunity to celebrate the successes of great British locals as well as CAMRA’s achievements – we wouldn’t have got far without their support!
“This anniversary comes on the heels of an incredibly difficult time for the industry after a year of lockdowns and restrictions. I hope the teams behind the winning pubs and their locals will take this award as appreciation for all the hard work involved in running the pub, over the decades and especially now. Nominations were submitted by our members and consumers, which says a lot about the support and impact they have had. Winners have been chosen for their successes in standing the test of time, for being convivial, characterful and community-focused, and of course for consistently pouring great pints. I applaud these pubs for their dedication, for being community stalwarts and campaigning heroes.”
Jim Birtwhistle, owner of the All Nations in Madeley, says: “All of us at the All Nations are absolutely delighted to have been awarded a CAMRA Golden Award. Our heartfelt thanks go to our wonderful staff but, most of all, our fantastic customers for their loyalty and good humour on returning after lockdown. It has been a privilege for the last 19 years to follow the Baguley and Lewis families who owned the pub since 1832, and to carry on the traditional community ethos of the All Nations Inn.”
The full successful cohort contains 32 pubs, including five that have appeared in all 48 editions of The Good Beer Guide, the UK’s longest-standing community-owned pub, and the current Pub of the Year title holder. Nominations for the Golden Awards were made by CAMRA members and locals and more than 240 pubs submitted before being whittled down to the award winners.
“I applaud these pubs for their dedication, for being community stalwarts and campaigning heroes”
