Strawberry-rhubarb Upside Down Cake
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 12 cup sugar
- 2 cups rhubarb, chopped (1/2-inch pieces)
- 12 cup strawberry preserves (not jelly or jam)
- 7 ounces package almond paste
- 12 cup sugar
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 12 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 14 teaspoon nutmeg
- 12 cup whole milk
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour a 9-inch spring-form pan.
- To make the topping:.
- In a saucepan, melt butter and add sugar.
- Stirring constantly, cook until sugar begins to melt and starts to turn a light caramel color.
- Add rhubarb.
- Stirring, cook for 3 minutes or until syrup starts to thicken.
- Pour rhubarb mixture into bottom of prepared springform pan.
- Drop rounded teaspoons of preserves evenly around top of rhubarb.
- Set aside.
- To make the cake:.
- In mixer, beat almond paste and sugar on low speed until the texture of small crumbs.
- Add butter and mix until combined.
- Beat on high for 2 minutes.
- Add egg and beat until very creamy, about 3 minutes.
- Add flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and milk to almond paste mixture.
- Mix on low speed until just combined.
- Drop spoonfuls of batter on top of fruit.
- Gently spread batter evenly across top.
- Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until cake is done and toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.
- Make sure center of cake springs back when pressed with a finger.
- Cool cake in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes.
- Run a knife around edge of cake and unmold springform.
- Tip cake upside-down onto serving plate and carefully lift off bottom of pan.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
butter, sugar, rhubarb, strawberry preserves, almond paste, sugar, unsalted butter, egg, flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, milk
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/strawberry-rhubarb-upside-down-cake-119304 (may not work)