mango upside down cake
 
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 4tbsp unsalted butter (plus more for greasing)
  • ¼cup brown sugar
  • 1 large mango, peeled, cored and sliced into ¼" pieces.
  • 8tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ¾cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1tsp vanilla
  • 1½cup all purpose flour
  • 1tsp baking powder
  • ¼tsp kosher salt
  • ½cup orange juice
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven 350F. Grease a 9" cake pan with butter.
  2. Place a small pot over medium heat and add the 4tbsp of butter. Melt completely and add brown sugar. Stir until dissolved and continue stirring occasionally until it is a thick paste consistency. Pour into prepared cake pan and arrange mango on top. Set aside.
  3. Cream sugar and room temp butter together in a stand mixer on high for about 5 minutes. Turn off and add egg, one at a time, beating slightly after ever egg. Add vanilla and combine.
  4. Place flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl and whisk together. Add half to butter mixture and beat on a low setting. Add orange juice and beat until just mixed. Dump in remaining half of flour and mix with hand. Be careful not to over mix.
  5. Spoon batter on top of mango, be careful not to disturb their pattern. Even the batter out as best you can. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Allow to cool on wire rack in pan for 10 minutes before running enough along the side and inverting onto a cake plate. Enjoy!
Recipe by pretty plain janes at https://prettyplainjanes.com/2016/02/17/mango-upside-down-cake/