Cranberry Upside Down Cake
Serves: 9
Heat oven to: 350ºF
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 1½ cups of fresh cranberries
- 2 Tbsp chopped walnuts
- 1 tsp grated orange rind
- ½ cup butter, softened and divided into two parts one of which contains 2 Tbsp
- ½ cup packed dark-brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- ½ cup fat-free buttermilk
For the glaze (optional*):
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tsp melted butter
- 2 Tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Coat a 9" square or 9" or 10" round baking pan with cooking spray and dust with flour.
- In a small bowl combine cranberries, walnuts and orange rind.
- In a small saucepan, melt 2 Tbsp butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar, orange juice and cinnamon. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour into pan. Sprinkle with cranberry mixture.
- Whisk four, salt and baking powder in a medium bowl.
- In a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer set on medium, beat granulated sugar and remaining butter until creamy. Add vanilla, egg, buttermilk and flour mixture. Spoon over cranberries.
- Bake 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Invert onto a rack to finish cooling. Beat glaze ingredients. Drizzle over cake. Slice.
* NOTE: I haven't had this with the glaze yet. It is great without it.
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