cranberry upside-down cake

Name: Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ## TOPPING:; 1/4 cup(s) butter or margarine; 2/3 cup(s) sugar; 1 tablespoon(s) grated orange peel; 1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract (bourbon vanilla essence); 2 cup(s) fresh cranberries (washed, coarsley chopped); 1 cup(s) chopped walnuts; 1/3 cup(s) sugar; ## CAKE:; 1 1/2 cup(s) flour (mehl); 2 teaspoon(s) baking powder (backpulver); 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/2 cup(s) butter or margarine; 1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 1 - egg (ei); 1/2 cup(s) milk

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Cindy Steinbach

Houston, TX

Updated on Nov 17, 2011

Baked this for the first time for a choir-rehearsal break and it was very well received. Next time I plan to add drained chopped pineapple to the topping. I doubled the recipe and baked it in a 13x9x2-inch pan. This recipe is adapted from an old cookbook.

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cook time 50 Min

method Bake

yield 16 serving(s)

Ingredients

TOPPING:
1/4 cup butter or margarine
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (bourbon vanilla essence)
2 cups fresh cranberries (washed, coarsley chopped)
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup sugar
CAKE:
1 1/2 cups flour (mehl)
2 teaspoons baking powder (backpulver)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar
1 - egg (ei)
1/2 cup milk

How To Make cranberry upside-down cake

Step 1

For Topping: Heat butter in saucepan. add 2/3 cup sugar, orange peel, and vanilla extract; blend thoroughly. Spread mixture evenly in an 8x8x2-inch pan.

Step 2

Combine cranberries, walnuts and 1/3 cup sugar. Spread over mixture in pan; set aside.
Step 3

For Cake: Blend flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
Step 4

Cream butter with vanilla extract. Add sugar gradually, creaming until fluffy after each addition. Add egg and beat throughly.
Step 5

Beating only until smooth after each addition, alternately add dry ingredients in thirds and milk in halves to creamed mixture. Turn batter over cranberry mixture and spread evenly.
Step 6

Bake at 375°F about 50 minutes (mine took 25 minutes longer, since I doubled the recipe and baked it in a 13x9x2-inch pan).
Step 7

Remove from oven and let stand 1 to 2 minutes in pan on wire rack. To remove from pan, run spatula gently around sides. Cover with a serving plate and invert; allow pan to remain over cake 1 or 2 minutes. Lift pan off. Serve cake warm or cool.
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