This zesty refreshing orange cake looks, smells and tastes wonderful and would go down great at your next coffee morning or afternoon tea served with a naughty drizzle of cream or creme fraiche. As the title suggests this is an Orange Upside Down Cake, meaning the oranges are simmered in syrup and placed at the bottom of the tin to be turned out when serving. This recipe featured on Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard on Channel 4.
8 ingredients5 steps
Nut Free
Vegetarian
Method
Step 1
In a small saucepan boil 150ml of water and 200g of sugar. Slice the oranges in thin slices keeping the peel. Place in the syrup and let to simmer for 10 minutes.
Step 2
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4). Line a shallow 22cm spring-form cake tin with paper and grease it. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and then fold in the flour. Place the drained slices of oranges into the base of the tin. Add the golden syrup, then spoon the cake mixture on top.
Step 3
Bake for 1 hour or until the cake is cooked through. Cool the cake in the tin, turn out and remove the paper. Use the poaching syrup to serve.
Step 4
As an alternative your could poach a peeled pear, half in a light syrup flavoured with gin and a few juniper berries. Replace the golden syrup with some light caramel.
Step 5
For a plum version of this cake, roast three halved fresh plums in the oven with some light brown sugar and mixed spices. When soft, remove from heat. Continue with recipe, replacing the fruits with the plum mixture and omitting the golden syrup.
Ingredients
MetricImperial
For the Cake
200gUnsalted butter (softened)
200gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
5Large free range egg(s)
200gSelf raising white flour
50gSilver Spoon Golden Syrup
For the Orange Syrup
150mlWater
4Large blood oranges
200gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
Utensils
Small saucepan
22cm spring form cake tin
Cooling rack
Nutritional information per 156g serving
Energy 404cal
Fat 20g
of which Saturates 11g
Carbohydrates 50g
of which Sugars 35g
Protein 6.5g
Salt 0.33g
2 Baker Ratings
It was a easy to follow recipe and came out just right i changed it to plum and pear it was delicious
