Cranberry
Upside-Down Cake
12
servings
from Cooking Light, November 2009
Topping:
cooking spray
1/3 c. packed brown sugar
2 T. butter
6 oz fresh or frozen, thawed, cranberries
Cake
1-1/2 c. all purpose flour
2 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
1 c. granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 large egg yolks
1 t. vanilla extract
1/2 c. skim milk (other milk also fine)
2 large egg whites
Preheat oven to 350.
To prepare topping, generously butter a 9" round cake pan. (If you have one with a slider, that will
help get the cake out after it's baked.) Heat brown sugar
and 2 T. butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook 2 minutes or until butter melts and
sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally.
Pour sugar mixture into prepared cake pan, tilting pan to coat bottom
evenly. Arrange cranberries evenly over
sugar mixture.
To prepare cake, in a smaller bowl, combine flour, baking
powder and salt; stir with a whisk. In a
larger bowl, beat sugar and 1/2 cup butter at medium speed until well blended
and fluffy (about 3 minutes). Add egg
yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Fold flour mixture into sugar mixture
alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Beat the egg whites at high speed until stiff peaks form, using
clean, dry beaters. Gently fold the egg
whites into the batter. Spoon the batter
over the cranberries, spreading evenly.
Bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into the
center comes out clean.
Cool in pan 15 minutes on wire rack. Place a serving plate upside down on top of
cake, and invert the cake pan onto the plate.
Let stand 5 minutes and remove the pan.
You can serve this warm, or wait until later. Last year, I made the cake a
day before serving. I left it in the pan
until ready to serve.
