I BOUGHT Jamie’s Great Britain a few months ago and to my horror realised I hadn’t made anything out of it. So I decided to bake a cake. I made “My Nan’s St Clement’s Cake”- now that is Jamie Oliver nan’s not mine. It is an orange and lemon cake and is easy to make and does not need many expensive ingredients. I would say the most expense is the 200g ground almonds and that is only a couple of pounds.

I made it in a 16 inch tin and it is meant to be 20 inch. I would go for a bigger tin if you can as mine did take a long time to cook in the middle. So it is better if it is flat.

You will need 125g unsalted butter and 125g golden caster sugar, which you cream together (i just used a wooden spoon as I find this easier.) Then you had 4 eggs mixing each one in. Grate in most of the zest of one orange (keep a few gratings aside for decoration) and then fold in 200g ground almonds and 100g self-raising flour (sieved). Put it in the tin. The recipe says cook for 30 minutes but mine was more like 50minutes (very nearly burnt!)

Put 100g golden caster sugar with the juice of one orange and heat until sugar dissolved. Once the cake is cooked prick holes all over it (I used a cocktail umbrella) and then pour the sugary orange juice into the holes. When it is all absorbed put it on a wire rack to cool.

The sieve 225g icing sugar and grate in most of the zest of one lemon (leaving some over for the top) and then add the juice of one lemon, so the recipe says but I added two lemons and a bit of water. Once the cake is cooled smother the icing all over the top and sprinkle the zest on.

The result? The cake was moist and light. The juice didn’t quite get to the bottom of the cake so maybe pour it slower. Even if you don’t like almonds I think you will like this cake as you can hardly taste it. You can also make 12 cupcakes instead, which is a good idea to take to BBQs! Enjoy x