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Upside Down Blood Orange Cake

Blood Orange Upside Down Cake


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  • Author: Chicca Food
  • Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Description

This is made with blood oranges, vibrant red coloured upside-down cake made with heavy cream, butter and almond flour. It's soft and moist!


Ingredients

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  • 100g (3.5 oz) unsalted butter, (+extra for the pan)
  • 50ml (3tbsp+1tsp) heavy cream
  • 1 blood orange, zest
  • 1/2 blood orange, very thinly sliced, seeds removed
  • 2 large eggs
  • 120g (2/3cup) granulated sugar
  • 90g (3/4cup) all-purpose flour
  • 30g (1/3cup) almond flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar

Instructions

PREPARATION

  1. Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F).
  2. Grease a cake pan with butter, sprinkle pan with 2 tbsp. brown sugar.
  3. Wash and slice 1/2 blood oranges thinly, arrange the slices in a single layer in the bottom of the pan.

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Melt butter and stir in the heavy cream. Set aside.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk eggs and sugar until very light in colour.
  3. Add flour, baking powder and orange zest. Gently mix until fully blended (but do not over mix) . 
  4. Add the butter mixture and stir until smooth.
  5. Pour the batter over the orange slices in the cake pan and bake for 35-40 minutes until top is golden brown and cake pulls away from sides of pan.
  6. Let cool for 5 minutes before inverting and turning out onto the plate.
  7. Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream.
  8. Cake will keep, well-wrapped at room temperature, for 3-4 days.

Notes

For 8 inch cake tin.

  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Inactive Time: 0 hours
  • Cook Time: 40 minutes
  • Category: Cakes
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 grams
  • Calories: 243
  • Sugar: 8
  • Sodium: 83
  • Fat: 6
  • Saturated Fat: 3
  • Unsaturated Fat: 2
  • Trans Fat: 0
  • Carbohydrates: 41
  • Fiber: 2
  • Protein: 7
  • Cholesterol: 73