Delicious Recipes: Upside-Down Mandarin Cake
This upside-down mandarin cake recipe, with its sweet and fruity aroma, will brighten your table and stands out with both its visual appeal and taste. Easily prepared, this upside-down mandarin cake recipe, with its fresh mandarin slices and caramel texture, offers a wonderful alternative to classic cake recipes.
Ingredients · Servings 8
- 5 tangerines
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup of powdered sugar
- 1 cup of sunflower oil
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 cups of flour
- 1 packet of baking powder
- 1 packet of vanilla
- You can use oranges, blood oranges, or limes instead of tangerines.
- For a sweeter and more aromatic taste, you can replace some of the mandarins with canned mandarins.
- You can use olive oil or melted butter instead of sunflower oil.
- You can achieve a different texture by adding almond milk, soy milk, or a 50/50 mixture of milk and yogurt instead of regular milk.
- Instead of granulated sugar, you can use brown sugar, coconut sugar, or honey (reduce the amount of liquid slightly when adding honey).
- You can enhance the flavor of the caramel by adding a little cinnamon or vanilla extract.
- You can use whole wheat flour, almond flour, or oat flour instead of white flour.
- Instead of baking powder, you can use cornstarch and baking soda together to achieve a lighter leavening effect.
Method · 1 h 10 min
- 1. Place your pan over medium heat and add the granulated sugar to the bottom, melting until it turns caramel colored.
- 2. Next, add the butter and simmer until you have a smooth caramel sauce.
- 3. Pour the prepared caramel into the bottom of a 24–26 cm diameter springform cake pan lined with baking paper and spread evenly.
- 4. Peel the mandarins, cut them in half, and arrange them so that the flesh side down is on top of the caramel.
- 5. Lightly whisk the eggs in a mixing bowl, then add the powdered sugar and continue whisking until the mixture becomes frothy.
- 6. Next, add the sunflower oil and milk and mix until you obtain a homogeneous mixture.
- 7. Sift the flour, baking powder, and vanilla into the liquid mixture and gently mix with a spatula, stirring from the outside inwards.
- 8. Pour the prepared cake batter over the mandarins and smooth it with a spatula.
- 9. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) using the top and bottom heating element setting for approximately 45–50 minutes.
- 10. After removing from the oven, let the cake rest for 5–10 minutes, then carefully invert it onto a serving plate.
You can check out the Mandarin Cup Cheesecake recipe.
One serving of upside-down tangerine cake contains 320 calories.
