Name: ORANGE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 240 gm flour; 100ml vegetable oil; 120 gm granulated sugar; 100 ml yoghurt; 3 eggs; zest of two oranges; 100 ml orange juice; 2tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp baking soda; 4-5 oranges; 50 gms sugar; 4-5 pieces of cardamom

On an orange surplus, coupled with an unrelenting sweet tooth, treat yourself to a delectable orange upside cake. Though its unique appearance is entirely deceitful making an orange upside-down cake is as easy as indulging it. The delectable orange flavour effortlessly enfolds you with a definite promise that you will make it again and again! Besides this fail-proof recipe ar a couple of tips. Inclusive are serving options which are not limited, plus unnecessary important wordings that will woo you to making this orange upside-down cake.

A little Different

Besides the attractive sliced orange base, the cake is prepped and baked easily. Start with cooking thinly sliced oranges in sugar, and water syrup then layer the orange slices delicately in a baking pan.

Afterwards, make the cake; mix wet ingredients, add dry ingredients and mix to combine, pour over orange slices and bake.

It is the Intense Orange Flavour!

We cannot ignore the becoming allure of this orange upside-down cake. Besides its unique appearance, the crowning point of this orange upside-down cake is the delectable intense orange flavour! With a combination of cooked thin orange slices and zest in the cake batter, this cake requires plenty of oranges but the reward is beyond satisfying.

Recipe Run Through

Slice oranges into thin layers. Finely cut oranges into thin layers. You can optionally completely remove the peels before slicing. The upside of including the peels is more flavour in the cake. A minor downside is it will be problematic when slicing clean slices through the cake; which equally can be avoided by using a SHARP knife when slicing.

Cook the oranges in sugar and flavour. Add sugar, water and cardamom in a pan, then add in the orange slices. Cook over medium heat to a slow boil for about 10-15 minutes.

Layer on a pan. Layer the cut orange slices on a preferred baking pan until every inch is covered with an orange slice. I mostly use an aluminium-coated baking pan for upside-down cakes since there is minimal risk of sticking when unmoulding but you can use any you have on hand just make sure to completely grease with butter or layer with parchment paper.

Make the cake. It is pretty easy. Mix the wet ingredients then combine with the dry ingredients. ( find ingredient amounts in the recipe card)Plenty of orange zest is also included to up the orange flavour in the cake. Pour the cake batter over the layered orange slices in the cake pan.

Bake, cool, then turn. Bake the cake in a preheated oven until a skewer or toothpick inserted comes out clean. Set it aside to cool completely, then turn it.

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Serve. Orange upside-down cake is quite delicious on its own, enjoy it with a cup of your favourite drink, hot or cold. Optionally serve it with a scope of vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or whipped cream cheese.