Cranberry Ginger Upside-Down Cake W/Spiced Orange Caramel Sauce
Ready In: 2 hrs
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
Cranberry Mixture
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 2⁄3 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 cups fresh cranberries
Gingerbread
- 8 1⁄4 ounces flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 1⁄4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 2 1⁄2 ounces butter, softened
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 3⁄4 cup molasses
- 3⁄4 cup water
Spiced Orange Caramel Sauce
- 1 lb sugar
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1⁄2 cup cream
- 2 oranges, zest of
- 1 star anise
- 2 cinnamon sticks
Directions
- Heat oven to 350°F Spray a 10" round cake pan with non-stick vegetable spray.
- Cranberry Mixture: In a small sauce pan, melt butter with brown sugar. Add cinnamon and bring to a boil, whisking ingredients. Pour into the prepared pan and cover with cranberries. Set aside.
- Gingerbread: Sift together flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Set aside.
- Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, then add the molasses. Add the dry ingredients all at once and slowly add water, scraping bowl well.
- Pour batter over cranberries in the prepared pan. Bake 45-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Invert onto a serving plate and allow to cool.
- Spiced Orange Carmel Sauce: Caramelize sugar over medium-hight heat until sugar is a light amber. Carefully add orange juice (may splatter). Add remaining ingredients and boil 1 minute. Cool then serve with cake.
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