Cranberry Upside Down Cake with Ricotta Cream

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 12 oz Cranberries, fresh or frozen
  • 1/2 tsp Ginger, ground
  • 1 Lemon or orange, Zest from
  • 1 tbsp Orange, zest

• Refrigerated

  • 3 Eggs, large

• Condiments

  • 1/4 cup Maple syrup, pure

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 3/4 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 3/4 cup Brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1/4 tsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 1 Scant pinch Cloves, ground
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/2 cups Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

• Drinks

  • 1 tsp Orange juice from, orange fresh

• Dairy

  • 4 tbsp Butter, unsalted
  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
  • 1/4 cup Milk
  • 1 8-oz. container Ricotta cheese, full-fat or part-skim
  • 1 Ricotta cream

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Ingredients

• ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 4 Tablespoons (1/4 cup or ½ stick) unsalted butter
• 12 ounces fresh or frozen cranberries
• 1¾ cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Scant pinch ground cloves
• 1½ cups sugar
• ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened plus more for buttering the pan
• 3 large eggs
• 1 Tablespoon orange zest
• 1 teaspoon orange juice from fresh orange
• ½ cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
• ¼ cup of milk
• Ricotta Cream
• 1 8-oz. container full-fat or part-skim ricotta cheese
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¼ cup pure maple syrup
• Zest from one lemon or orange, plus extra for sprinkling on top

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350F.*
• Generously butter the bottom and sides of a 9 x 3 round cake pan.
• In a small saucepan, place the ¼ cup of butter and the ¾ cups of packed brown sugar. On medium high heat, stir the sugar as the butter melts. Once the butter is melted and mixed in well with the sugar, stop stirring and let the mixture simmer for 15 seconds or so.
• Pour the brown sugar butter mixture into the prepared cake pan. Spread the cranberries on top of the sugar-butter mixture.
• In a medium bowl vigorously whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.
• In a separate bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the butter until light. Add the sugar and beat together the sugar and butter until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in the orange zest and orange juice.
• Mix a third of the dry ingredients into the mixture. Beat in half of the sour cream. Mix in another third of the dry ingredients. Mix in the remaining sour cream. Beat in the remaining dry ingredients and then the milk.
• Pour batter over the cranberries in the cake pan, and smooth the surface. Place in the preheated oven and lower the heat from 350°F to 325°F. Bake until a tester comes out clean, 55 minutes to an hour. Cool cake in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes. Run a blunt knife around the inside rim of the cake pan to loosen the cake from the sides of the pan. Then turn the cake out onto a platter.
• *Preheating and baking temperatures for this recipe are for a light colored (regular silver) pan. If you are using a dark colored non-stick pan, decrease temperature by 25 degrees, and check cake after baking for approximately 45 minutes.
• Make the Ricotta Cream:
• Place all ingredients in a blender or the bowl of a food processor.
• Blend until as smooth as you can get it.
• Refrigerate for 4 hours before serving. The ricotta cream keeps in the fridge for up to two weeks.