Orange Upside-down Cake Recipe

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Orange Upside-down Cake
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Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp orange peel
  • 3/4 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

  1. Rinse 4 oranges (each about 3 in. wide). Cut off and discard ends from 1 orange, then cut fruit crosswise into slices about 1/4 inch thick. Put in a 10-inch ovenproof nonstick frying pan (with curved sides).
  2. To frying pan, add 1/4 cup water and 1/4 cup sugar and boil over high heat, shaking to mix fruit, until liquid is almost gone and oranges are slightly caramelized, 6 to 8 minutes. With a fork, push slices into a neat pattern in bottom of pan.
  3. Meanwhile, grate 1 1/2 teaspoons peel from another orange. In a food processor, combine grated peel, 3/4 cup (3/8 lb.) butter or margarine, 1 cup sugar, 2 cups all-purpose flour, and 2 teaspoons baking powder. Whirl to mix, then add 2 large eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Whirl until smoothly blended. Spoon thick batter in dollops over orange slices in pan.
  4. Bake in a 350° oven until top is well browned and cake begins to pull away from pan sides, about 45 minutes (about 30 minutes in a convection oven). Remove from oven and let stand about 10 minutes.
  5. As cake bakes, cut peel and white membrane from all 3 of the remaining oranges and slice fruit crosswise; put fruit in a bowl.
  6. Run a thin knife between pan sides and cake. Hold a flat plate over pan and invert to release cake. Serve warm or cool in wedges with reserved peeled orange slices.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 3128.18 Kcal (13097 kJ)
Calories from fat 1353.62 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 150.4g 231%
Cholesterol 738.04mg 246%
Sodium 179.38mg 7%
Potassium 2420.38mg 51%
Total Carbs 409.88g 137%
Sugars 194.71g 779%
Dietary Fiber 18.51g 74%
Protein 45g 90%
Vitamin C 281.8mg 470%
Vitamin A 1.7mg 57%
Iron 5.3mg 30%
Calcium 789.9mg 79%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 246.18 Kcal (1031 kJ)
Calories from fat 106.53 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.84g 231%
Cholesterol 58.08mg 246%
Sodium 14.12mg 7%
Potassium 190.48mg 51%
Total Carbs 32.26g 137%
Sugars 15.32g 779%
Dietary Fiber 1.46g 74%
Protein 3.54g 90%
Vitamin C 22.2mg 470%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 57%
Iron 0.4mg 30%
Calcium 62.2mg 79%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 74.3
    Points
  • 86
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • very low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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