Best Cranberry Upside Down Cake Dee Dees Recipes

CRANBERRY UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in center. Rub the bottom and sides of an 8-inch round cake pan with 2 tablespoons butter. In a small bowl, whisk together 1/2 cup sugar with the cinnamon and allspice. Sprinkle mixture evenly over bottom of pan; arrange cranberries in a single layer on top.
• With an electric mixer, cream remaining 6 tablespoons butter and 1/2 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until well combined. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture in three batches, alternating with the milk, until well combined.
• Spoon batter over cranberries in pan, and smooth top. Place pan on a baking sheet; bake cake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Run a knife around edge of cake; invert onto a rimmed platter.

FRESH CRANBERRY UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9-inch round cake pan.
• Place brown sugar and butter into the prepared pan and place the pan over medium heat. Heat, stirring occasionally, until butter is melted and sugar has dissolved, 3 to 5 minutes. Scatter cranberries over the butter-sugar mixture. Set aside.
• Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat white sugar and butter together in another bowl using an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla extract and mix well. Fold in the flour mixture in 3 additions using a silicone or rubber spatula, alternating with milk.
• Beat egg whites in another bowl using a whisk or an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Add cream of tartar and continue to beat until stiff peaks form. Fold whites into the batter using a spatula. Spoon batter over the cranberries in the cake pan, spreading evenly.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick or skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let cool for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen the cake. Invert onto a serving plate, let stand for 5 minutes, then lift off pan.
• Whip heavy cream in a bowl using a whisk or an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Stir in confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract.
• Cut the cooled cake into wedges and top with whipped cream.

CRANBERRY UPSIDE-DOWN SOUR CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease a 9 inch springform pan. Wrap aluminum foil around the outside of the bottom to prevent leaking.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in 1 1/2 cups of white sugar, water and cinnamon until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil and then add the cranberries. Stir to coat with the sauce, then pour into the prepared pan.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl, beat the remaining 6 tablespoons of butter with 1/2 cup white sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla and sour cream. Mix in the dry ingredients. Pour the batter over the cranberries in the pan.
• Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then run a knife around the outer edge. Invert onto a serving plate and remove the springform pan.

CRANBERRY UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F, grease an 8" gratin pan.
• In a saucepan, melt 1/4 c of butter and add 1/2 c sugar until the sugar is dissolved Add the cranberries and toss with the syrup, set aside.
• Cream the remaining butter and sugar together with an electric mixer, add 1 egg at a time until combined Add the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and mix until combined.
• Add the milk slowly until the batter is of a soft, dropping consistency.
• Pour the berry/syrup mixture into the greased pan, cover with the batter.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until the cake is bouncy and starts to pull away from the sides of the pan Remove from the oven and place a plate on top of the pan, invert and remove the pan, be careful not to burn yourself Serve warm with ice cream.

CRANBERRY UPSIDE DOWN CAKE - DEE DEE'S

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in center. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in bottom of 10-inch iron skillet. In small bowl, whisk together 1/2 cup sugar with cinnamon and allspice; sprinkle mixture evenly over bottom of skillet. Arrange cranberries in a single layer on top of sugar mixture. NOTE: Original recipe called for rubbing bottom and sides of an 8-inch round cake pan with 2 Tbsp butter. When I hear upside down cake I think Iron Skillet. The skillet worked fine for me.
• 2. With electric mixer; cream remaining 6 tablespoons of butter and 1/2 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until well combined. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture in three batches, alternating with the buttermilk, until well combined.
• 3. Spoon batter over cranberries in pan, and smooth top. Place skillet on center rack and bake cake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool on wire rack for 20 minutes. Run a knife around edge of cake; invert onto a rimmed platter. Serve with sweetened whipped cream.
• 4. NOTE: I used 1 cup heavy whipping cream to make whipped topping. I beat until it started forming a peak, add a few tsp of sugar to sweetened and beat until stiff. This was the icing on the cake so to speak. YUMMY!