1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temp (plus more for buttering the pan)
3 large eggs
1 Tbsp orange zest
1/2 cup sour cream (or greek yogurt)
1/4 Cup milk
Instructions
Equipment- A 9-inch cake pan with at least 2-inch high sides
1 Generously butter the bottom and sides of a 9-inch diameter cake
pan.
2 In a small saucepan, place the 1/4 cup of butter and the 3/4 cups
of packed brown sugar. On medium high heat, stir the sugar as the
butter melts. Once the butter is melted and mixed in well with the
sugar, stop stirring and let the mixture simmer for 15 seconds or
so.
3 Pour the brown sugar butter mixture into the prepared cake pan.
Spread the cranberries on top of the sugar butter mixture.
4 Preheat oven to 350°F. In a medium bowl vigorously whisk
together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and
cloves.
5 In a separate bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the butter until
light. Add the sugar and beat together the sugar and butter until
fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir
in the orange zest.
6 Mix a third of the dry ingredients into the mixture. Beat in half of
the sour cream. Mix in another third of the dry ingredients. Mix in
the remaining sour cream. Beat in the remaining dry ingredients
and then the milk.
7 Pour batter over the cranberries in the cake pan, and smooth the
surface. Place in the preheated oven and lower the heat from 350°F
to 325°F. Bake until a tester comes out clean, 55 minutes to an
hour. Cool cake in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes. Run a blunt
knife around the inside rim of the cake pan to loosen the cake from
the sides of the pan. Then turn the cake out onto a platter.
Baking times will vary, depending on the brand of flour, size of pan,
thickness of sour cream. The batter should be gloppy, not runny, so
add a little more flour to get to gloppy if your batter is too thin.
Some readers have needed to cook this cake longer than the baking
times indicated, so definitely test before turning out!
Originally Submitted
10/16/2014
0 Out of 5 from
0 reviews
You can add this Cranberry Upside Down Cake recipe to your own private DesktopCookbook.