Mandarin Orange Upside Down Cakes Food

ORANGE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Make the caramel:
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Lightly butter the cake pan. Slice the oranges as thinly as you can (about 1/8 to 1/4-inch thick), preferably using a mandoline and picking out seeds as you go; set aside.
• Make sure you have all the ingredients for the caramel ready to go before you begin cooking it. In a medium pot, combine the sugar and 6 tablespoons water and place over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil and cook, swirling the pan occasionally, until the mixture turns a medium-dark amber color, about 10 minutes. Remove pot from heat and carefully stir in the butter and salt until incorporated. Pour the caramel into the buttered cake pan.
• Starting in the center of the pan, layer the orange slices on top of the caramel, overlapping a bit and working your way toward the outer edge (you may not need to use all the orange slices). Set pan aside.
• Make the cake:
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In a separate large bowl, use an electric mixer to cream the butter and sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, and then blend in the vanilla and orange zest.
• Add the flour mixture in three parts, alternating with the buttermilk, beating just to combine. Spoon the batter in dollops over the oranges in the cake pan, being careful not to move them around too much. Smooth the top of the batter with a wet offset spatula or the back of a spoon. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through.
• With an offset spatula or a butter knife, loosen any parts of the cake that seem to be sticking to the side of the pan. Invert the cake onto a plate or platter while it's still hot. Let cool until warm or room temperature, then cut into wedges with a serrated knife to serve.

MANDARIN ORANGE UPSIDE DOWN CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly brush muffin tins with melted butter; reserve remaining butter.
• In a small bowl combine remaining butter and brown sugar; divinde mixture evenly among muffin cups.
• Drain mandarin oranges, reserving 1/2 cup juice. Place 1 cherry in bottom of each muffin cup; arrange 3-4 orange segments around each cherry.
• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, egg and reserved juice; mis until smooth. Divide batter evenly among cups.
• Bake 25-30 min until golden brown. Immediately loosen cakes from sides of muffin cups.

STICKY ORANGE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 160C.
• For the sticky orange topping:
• Place sugar, water and vanilla in a 2.5 liter, 20cm non-stick frying pan that is ovenproof, over a medium heat. Stir continuously until the sugar has dissolved. Add the orange slices and simmer until soft, for about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside.
• For the cake:
• Place eggs, sugar and vanilla in a bowl of an electric mixer and whisk until thick, pale and bout tripled in volume, about 8-10 minutes.
• Sift the flour over the egg mixture and fold through. Fold through the melted butter and ground almonds.
• Pour the cake mixture over the oranges and bake about 40-45 minutes, or a skewer comes out clean.
• Turn out on a platter to serve.

UPSIDE-DOWN MANDARIN CAKE/MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cake pan with parchment paper and spread mandarin oranges evenly over paper. Next sprinkle brown sugar over the mandarin oranges.
• Mix cake mix according to box directions omitting 1/4 cup of water. Add 1/4 cup of mandarin juice from can. Spread cake mix over mandarin orange and sugar mixture making sure to get the corners.
• Bake cake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick insert is clean. Once cake is done place second piece of parchment paper over cake with large serving platter on top and flip cake over. Remove the first piece of paper and sprinkle 1/4 cup mandarin juice over cake. Serve hot with vanilla ice cream or orange sherbet.