Mincemeat Upside Down Cake Simplified Food

MINCEMEAT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and butter a deep springform 18cm/7in cake tin.
• Place the flour, sugar and butter in a food mixer with the milk, mincemeat, eggs and lemon zest. Add a pinch of salt and mix on a low speed for a couple of minutes until thoroughly combined. Alternatively, mix with a wooden spoon. Tip into the prepared tin and bake for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix the topping ingredients together in a bowl. Remove the cake and carefully sprinkle the crumble over the top with your fingers. Do it little by little, so that it does not sink into the cake. Return to the oven and continue to bake for a further 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the midlle comes out clean (80 minutes baking altogether). Cover loosely with foil for the last 10 minutes or so to prevent burning.
• Remove to a wire rack. Leave to cool for about 30 minutes before carefully removing the sides of the tin. Allow to cool completely and remove base if serving cold for tea, or eat barely warm if serving as pudding.

MINCEMEAT UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Pour melted butter into 13"x9" baking dish, tilting to cover bottom completely.
• Scatter 1/4 cup brown sugar & the 1 cup chopped walnuts over butter.
• Spread mincemeat over nuts, & set pan aside.
• Sift remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar into large bowl, then whisk in flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt & spices, blending thoroughly.
• In large mixer bowl, beat shortening & sugar together until light & creamed.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, then add vanilla.
• Set mixer on low speed & mix in dry ingredients, alternating with buttermilk.
• Pour over mincemeat.
• Bake 40 minutes, or until done.
• Remove from oven & immediately loosen sides of cake.
• Invert onto large platter, but leave pan in place for 5 minutes before CAREFULLY lifting off.
• May be served warm or cooled, with sweetened whipped cream or with ice cream.

MINCEMEAT UPSIDE DOWN CAKE (SIMPLIFIED)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spread melted butter evenly over bottom of 9" square cake pan OR a 10" round cake pan.
• Sprinkle sugar evenly over butter.
• Combine mincemeat & pineapple, then spread this mixture evenly oover butter/brown sugar mixture.
• Prepare cake batter according to package directions, then pour it over mincemeat/pineapple mixture.
• Bake 55-60 minutes, remove from oven & invert pan immediately over serving platter, but LEAVE IN PAN for several minutes before removing.
• Serve warm or cold with a hard sauce or whipping cream.

HOLIDAY MINCEMEAT CAKE

Steps:

• Stir the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together; set aside.
• Cream the butter, orange rind and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light.
• Beat in the sugar.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Blend in the mincemeat.
• Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Stir in the nuts.
• Turn the batter into either a greased 12-cup Bundt or tube pan or a greased 9" x 13" cake pan.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• If using a Bundt pan, bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until done.
• If using a cake pan, bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
• In either case, cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
• Remove from the pan and cool completely.
• Dust with icing sugar before serving.

EASY MINCEMEAT

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients, except the brandy, in a large saucepan. Cook over a low heat for 10 mins, stirring occasionally, until the sugar and suet have completely dissolved.
• Remove from the heat and leave to cool to room temperature before stirring in the brandy. The mincemeat may look loose at this stage, but it will continue to thicken. You can encase it in pastry as soon as it's cooled. Alternatively, spoon the warm mincemeat into a large sterilised jar or several smaller ones (see tip, below). Will keep in a cool, dry place for up to six months.

MINCEMEAT SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line bottom of springform cake pan with wax paper and butter the sides.
• Place flour, baking powder, sugar and 1/2 cup butter in large bowl. Stir in milk, mincemeat, eggs and lemon peel. Mix on low speed of electric mixer 2 minutes or until thoroughly combined. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 30 minutes. While cake is baking, mix all topping ingredients in small bowl. Remove cake from oven and spoon on topping. Return cake to oven and bake an additional 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.