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A slice of cranberry coffee cake on a white plate.

Cranberry Upside Down Cake Recipe

Mary
This festive Cranberry Sauce Upside-Down Cake is moist and bursting with tangy and sweet flavors, making it the perfect treat for family holidays and gatherings.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Cakes
Cuisine American
Servings 15
Calories 218 kcal

Ingredients
  

For the Cake

  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 tablespoon fresh orange juice
  • 1 tablespoon orange zest
  • 1/2 cup milk

For the Topping:

  • 1 tablespoon butter softened
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 can whole berry cranberry sauce

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9×13 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  • Stir together the softened butter, brown sugar, and chopped pecans. Spread the mixture in the bottom of the pan.
  • Layer the cranberry sauce over the top of the sugar mixture and set the pan aside.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, and salt. Set aside.
  • In a separate bowl, beat together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, beating between each addition.
  • Beat in the orange juice and orange zest.
  • Add the dry ingredients and milk, alternating the two ingredients and beating after each addition, until all the ingredients have been added.
  • Carefully spread the cake batter over the top of the cranberry sauce in the baking pan.
  • Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake for 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Allow the cake to cool in the pan for around 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edges carefully invert the pan onto a serving dish, and allow the cake to cool completely before serving.
    Cranberry sauce upside down cake.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 218kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 44mgSodium: 162mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22g
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