Stephen, I cut the fruit in half, removed the seeds, and dropped the rest in my vitamix. A few seconds and I had the purée. A blender would work just fine.

Vladimir, the link Stephen posted worked for me. Try that one.

Sure looks good but, alas, my fruit are still green as gourds! I really like mixing calamondin with other citrus but I also think the 100% calamondin flavor is a bit strong. I'm looking forward to trying this cake!

Look's fantastic Laura! I can't wait to have enough fruit to try it, I love the flavor of calamondins and a cake sounds like a great way to taste them.

I am sure glad that I recently cleaned my TV screen off because I just licked the screen. Now where is the scratch and sniff button?? :D

:>) Now I'm counting the days 'til I get some ripe calamondins....come to think of it, I just might have some calamondin and/or kumquat pure' in the freezer and I know I have some calamondin juice frozen in cubes.....

Lol Jinny! You made me laugh! John, if you find some, let us know how it turns out. I still have a little left and am enjoying it. It will be a while before I have more...

Looks amazing, Laura! I think I need to go find me a Calamondin tree now!

Very delicious, Laura! I am eating with my eyes :))

Jinnylea, I love the joke :D :D

Laura, now that I have harvested about 4 or 5 cups of calamondins off my tree, I'm off to buy flour, milk and eggs! Calamondin cake coming up!

Laura, WOWOW...Now, that I would try. Good looking cake!

KC, let us know how it turned out!!! Mike, come on down...;-)

That is unbelievable. Seems I joined way too late. Does this mean I need a calamondin now?? I wish I could have tried this cake. It looks soooo delicious. Would the variegated calamondin as good as the green one?

Susanne, you absolutely NEED a calamondin. I use it to make the most wonderful marmalade and that cake was incredible!

Susanne, I have an about 35 year old calamondin, eight from seed that are from a few months to 2 years old, one just rooted cutting, a very small variegated and one that I think is about 3 years old. Can you tell I love calamondins?

Susanne, I made some calamondin juice the other day, it was super tart, but I threw the seeded fruit, peel and all, some ice, and sugar into my blender, watered it down, and it was amazing. Did turn bitter as it sat though, had to be drunk up pretty soon!

Laura, await pics! :)

KC

Susanne, I am quite fond of my Calamondin, i'd say if you have room go for it! as usual I've heard that the variegated versions aren't quite as productive as the non-variegated varieties but I am sure you would still have a great plant and get a decent amount from it.

so, the a calamondin was added to the list.

How fast is a calamonding growing? Faster then Kumquats? Similar?

OK, the cake is out of the oven! I can't decide whether to glaze it with more puree or drizzle white chocolate over it.

My little calamansis all seeded and ready to go in blender

The puree is bright yellow!!

The batter is bright yellow too!

And the cake is ready! Don't know why it got a little scorched, but I will cover that and the stuck on bits up with the glaze, and no one will know, right?

Oh that looks yummy indeed

KC that looks great! I would have gone with the glaze, but both options sound wonderful. Susanne, my calamondin trees are almost ever bearing...there are often fruits of various sizes and flowers, but the do have blooming flushes. I would highly recommend one. I assumed you had one since they're so common. I would definitely get a regular one. The variegated one will not produce as much as a green one ;-)

If you can wait, I can send you a cutting sometime, but now is not a good time to be rooting stuff.

Yes I can wait. How fast are they growing? How old from seed to fruit? And will they come true from seed?

Susanne, I do not have seedlings. I would have to give you a cutting.

Looks delicious, KC! Laura, how old is your calamondin tree? I saw recently calamondin tree of one of my neighbors, she grew it from seed around 1999 and it started fruiting about 3-4 years ago. It was loaded with ripe fruits, she grows it in her sunroom and calls it an orange. I told her it is not an orange, it is a calamondin tree and fruit :)) She gave me a twig with some fruit on it, I planted some cuttings out of it. Will post some pics from my computer, when I get home.

Sunshine, I've had my trees for about two years...they were maybe 2-3 when I got them? So 4-+? They produce lots of fruit!

Well, I'll have to save this recipe -- I have never done anything with my calamondins. Looks delicious!

Martha, I picked so many that i need to find another recipe. I am thinking of making lemon curd with them, but wondering whether to use the puree or just the juice! I'll let you know if it turns out well!

Now I spent some hours reading up about calamondins and wondering how is the taste different to a lime?

To me its takes like an orange and lemon but also something uniquely its own. I only have small fruits on my tree right now but i'll compare to a lime when they ripen again.

Susanne, I agree with Sammers. The flavor is really of a sour orange, not a lime. Both are good, but quite different. When I make marmalade, I use the peel. It is delightful. Sammers, I actually did taste them this weekend because I used a persian lime in my seviche and then ended up using three ripe calamondins. There was a distinct difference in flavor.

Definitely very different. To me it has a floral mandarin scent with a sharp lime acid.

Laura, here is the twig of calamondin, that my neighbor gave me, I made three cuttings out of it, it was my first time tasting the fruit, it was really sour:

One last calamansi cooking report. I made some experimental Calamansi curd and it tastes pretty darn good!

Threw about a cup and a half of calamansi (halved and seeded) into the blender with one cup sugar, two eggs, about a half stick of butter and a table spoon of corn starch. Stirred over a very low flame for ten to fifteen minutes, and voila:

Oh my, that looks good. I need to make that myself when I have some!!!

Thanks, Laura. It tastes strongly lemony today and deliciously tangy and sweet! I might make a pie like John with it for the holidays!

oh my goodness, I soo would love to taste this. Looks really yummy :) Will you just spoon it out of the jar into your mouth or use it with ice cream????

Susanne, I like it on toast! And yes, a spoonful to lick when I'm craving a dessert and need to remember my diet! I wish you could come over and have a taste too!

It looks so perfect and delicious. Can the calamondin be substituted with any other citrus? I don't eat marmalade so I don't think I'll be getting a calamondin tree but I would love to try making this dessert with another easy to find citrus fruit. At least until my Meyer grows mature enough to fruit !

kvetch, if you mean the cake, there's an amazing cake made with whole oranges! I've made that and it's amazing. (Variations include making it with mandarins, tangerines...) I've been told Seville oranges taste the best for this, but I think I just used Naval as I had a tree full of them.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3251-claudia-rodens-orange-and-almond-cake?mcubz=1

If you mean the curd, I only used whole calamondins because it felt wasteful not to! The recipe just asks for anything sharply sour. One if my Thanksgiving favorites is cranberry curd pie!

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017817-cranberry-curd-tart?mcubz=1

KC

Oh thank you KC!I was thinking of the cake for the substitutions but you already linked a great recipe for that. Now I can munch on homemade cake instead of store bought cookies!

And there is always the lazy option of adding citrus juice and rind (or pureed thin rind citrus) to any plain box cake, substituting the juice for the water. :)

KC, looks yummy, love the color and the sun hitting the jar :) I have bookmarked the thread for future use of the recipes, thank you all! Here is my kids' favorite smoothie pic:

I never knew that KC, it sounds amazing! It's my boyfriends birthday this weekend..he'll be the perfect guinea pig heheh

Sunshine that looks so delicious.. Do you grow mangoes too? Seeing everyone's photos of the foods and drinks made with their own fruit just goes to show how you can't go wrong with getting more trees!

Kvetch, I don't grow mangoes, I wish I did :) It is hard to grow tropical fruit trees in our zone, the winter is just so nasty and long here. All the ingredients for the smoothie are from the store, hopefully in couple years I wil have fruit from my orange and Mandarin trees :) Just wanted to share the recipe.

We have an Asian store near our home, it is called "Oceans" and I love the variety of fruits and vegetables it offers from all over the world. I have tried so many unfamiliar fruits and veggies from there, I love it!

I'm sad to say that I royally messed up the orange and almond cake :( the orange peel burned during its softening process and I also boiled it half the amount of time suggested. It came out very moist and fragrant but bitter due to the orange peel. I used navel oranges but the reviews say substituting with Meyer lemons is great too. So I'll revisit the cake again when my tree starts to produce Meyer lemons!