Upside Down Orange Cake

There aren't many dessert recipes out there to suit all occasions, but this is one of them. This upside down orange cake is a light and refreshing dessert that would suit anything from a light morning tea to a delicious dessert. This dessert is perfect for those who don't like overly sweet or rich desserts as it's very light and refreshing on the palate.

After sifting through many orange cake recipes I was at a loss, I was making this cake for my father in laws birthday as orange cake is his favourite. But he also can't eat nuts, and looking through many recipes I couldn't find one that was nut free and what I was after. So I then took a chance and mixed several together and the result was this, and it turned out amazingly!

This recipe is nut free, vegetarian friendly and can be made gluten free simply by changing the flour. Changing to gluten free will not affect the results what so ever, I made mine gluten free which is the one pictured above and it was delicious!

So here's the recipe

Upside Down Orange Cake:

90g Sugar
2tbsp Water
Orange-peeled, seeded and thinly sliced
1 cup Self Raising Flour
2/3 cup caster sugar
2/3 cup butter
3 eggs
1tsp baking powder
1tbsp orange zest
2tbsp orange juice

Preheat oven to 180oC

Line and grease a cake tin of your choice, I chose to use a spring form tin as I find them easier to remove a cake from.

Place sugar and water in a saucepan and over medium heat and mix until mixture goes golden brown (Note. To mix this I didn't use a spoon I just constantly swizzled the saucepan). Once the mixture is golden brown, pour into the bottom of the cake tin and spread to ensure that it completely covers the bottom.

Next place the orange slices on top of the toffee mixture trying to completely cover it.

Place remaining ingredients in a bowl and using an electric mixer, mix it until the batter is pale and fluffy. Once batter is ready pour into the cake tin over the orange and toffee mixture.

Place cake in the oven for 35-40 minutes. The cake is ready when a skewer is inserted into the centre and comes out clean

Once cake is cook leave it to cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes or until the cake tin is cool to touch, once this happens flip the cake out of the tin.

And there you have it, a delicious upside down orange cake!