Every year I look for something a bit different to serve to guests that pop in over the holidays. I want desserts that are festive and tasty and easy to make. This Cranberry Upside Down cake is perfect!
Ingredients:
Cranberry Topping:
- ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/4 C of unsalted butter
- 1 bag of fresh cranberries
Cake:
- 1¾ C flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- Pinch ground cloves
- 1½ C sugar
- ½ C unsalted butter, room temp
- 3 eggs, room temp
- ½ C Greek yogurt
- ¼ C whole milk
- Pam baking spray
- 9-inch cake pan with a 2-inch high sides.
Topping Directions:
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep cake pan with Pam spray.
-Combine the butter and brown sugar into a small sauce pan.
-Using medium heat, continue to stir the sugar as the butter melts. Mix well.
-Stop stirring once the butter and brown sugar have blended.
-Allow the mixture simmer for around 15 seconds.
-Spoon that mixture into the cake pan.
-Spread the cranberries on top of the mixture.
Cake Directions:
-Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.
-Use an electric mixer beat the butter until light in another bowl.
-Slowly add in the sugar, beating the sugar and butter until fluffy.
-Beat in the eggs one at a time.
-Gradually mix in a third of the dry ingredients into the sugar, butter and egg mixture.
-Mix in half of the yogurt. Fold in the second third of the dry ingredients. Add in the rest of the yogurt.
-Scoop in the rest of the dry ingredients and then pour in the milk, mixing well to blend.
-Spoon the batter over the cranberries in the cake pan, and using a spatula smooth the surface of the batter.
-Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
-Place the cake on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
-Using a knife around the inside rim of the cake pan to loosen the cake from the sides of the pan.
-Place a cake over the cake side of the pan. Flip it over and carefully move it onto a cake platter.
Do you think this is something your guests would enjoy?
I want this NOW. Yum!
This looks absolutely delicious!!!!!
My dad picks fresh cranberries each year and this would be a super recipe for this 🙂
I may give this a try for the holidays
Mmm, love cranberries! Cannot wait to try this.
Thanks for sharing a great recipe, I’m going to make this for Christmas and surprise everyone with something different!!
Oh, yes! This is on my absolutely going to make list!
I love using cranberries in baking, Their tartness goes so nicely with the sweetness of whatever you’re baking. I love cranberries added to banana bread.
OK this looks amazing! Yum!
Has anyone used a springform pan to make this? I typically have bad luck getting cakes to come out of pans.
This looks so delicious and festive! It would make a perfect dessert for friends and family! Thank you!
This is such a lovely festive looking cake.I think it would taste very moist and delicious.
This looks so good. I bet it packs a lot of flavour.
Thanks,i cant wait to make this!
I think guests would enjoy this. To make sure they do, I would add a dollop of dream whip or nutriwhip. That would take away from the tartness of the Cranberries, which I love.
This looks so deliciously moist and it looks very festive for this time of year.Wow! This is going to be at my Christmas dinner for sure.