Orange Upside Down Cake
Photo: flickr user Cameron Nordholm
Ingredients
1/4 cup butter
1 cup dark-brown sugar
2 lrg oranges
1 1/2 teaspoons freshly grated orange peel
1 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup molasses
1 egg
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup buttermilk
Preparation
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Melt the butter in a 9 inch cake pan. Remove the pan from the heat and cover the melted butter with the brown sugar.
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For the cake batter, cream the vegetable shortening and molasses in the bowl of an electric mixer set on medium speed. Add the egg, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, ginger and buttermilk. Beat the ingredients 2 to 3 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally, until the batter is smooth. Spoon the batter over the fruit.
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Let stand 8 to 10 minutes, remove pan and let cake cool.
Tools
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Yield:
1.0 servings
Added:
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 1:04am