Upside-down Orange Cake
There is nothing quite like this zesty refreshing orange cake. The beautiful cake smells and tastes wonderful.
One can imagine how nice it will be to cut off a little slice and have it with coffee when the afternoon starts to drag or at your next morning tea.
I love the way this cake looks and this beautiful upside-down orange cake is the perfect dessert recipe for a special occasion and will brighten up everyone’s day, as it’s unique.
Prepare time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Ready in: 55 min
Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp. butter
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- 3 navel oranges
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¾th cup granulated sugar
- ¼th cup cornmeal
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ cup milk
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Procedure:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. In the bottom of 10-inch cake mold, spread butter. Sprinkle evenly with brown sugar.
- From oranges, grate 1 teaspoon peel; set aside. Cut peel and pith from oranges; discard. Slice oranges crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices; arrange in single layer over sugar in a mold (if necessary, cut 1 or 2 slices into pieces to fit into spaces).
- In a large bowl, with wire whisk, combine flour, granulated sugar, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, whisk milk, oil, egg, vanilla, and orange peel until blended.
- With a mixer on low speed, add milk mixture to flour mixture and beat until blended. Increase speed to medium and beat 1 minute. Spoon batter over oranges and spread evenly.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until the toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in skillet on wire rack 10 minutes.
- Run a knife around side of cake to loosen from skillet. Place platter on top of skillet; carefully invert cake onto platter. Remove skillet. Let cool 30 minutes.
