Cranberry Upside-Down Cake with Cognac Cream
Carl Kleinebecker
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- Cooking spray
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
- 1 (12-ounce) package fresh cranberries
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup fat-free milk
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 cup frozen fat-free whipped topping, thawed
- 1 tablespoon cognac
directions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350°.
- 2
Pour melted butter into an 8-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake at 350° for 2 minutes. Remove from oven, and top with pecans and cranberries.
- 3
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with knife. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; stir with whisk.
- 4
Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
- 5
Add flour mixture and milk alternately to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture; mix after each addition. Beat the egg whites with a mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form using clean, dry beaters; fold into batter.
- 6
Spread batter over cranberries. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Cool in pan for 5 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen edges of cake with a sharp knife. Place a plate upside down on top of cake pan; invert onto plate.
- 7
Combine whipped topping and cognac, and serve with warm cake.
Source: Carl Kleinebecker
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