Chocolate Orange Upside Down Cake
- 2 tbs butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp instant coffee (dry)
- 2 thinly sliced oranges
- 1 cup sugar for cooking oranges
- 1/4 cup butter(softened)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1/4 cup ground cocoa (like guittard)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 tsp cointreau or French 44(made from orange and coffee beans)
- 2 tbs white vinegar
- In a nonstick shallow pan melt 2 tbs butter and mix in the instant coffee and then spread the brown sugar evenly over the pan. (used a 9 inch pan)
- Very thinly slice the oranges and simmer them in water for about 6 minutes. Drain and then add 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water , return the oranges to the pan and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes until the sugar thickens. Remove the orange slices and arrange them on the brown sugar and butter and coffee. Drizzle some of the thick sugar from the sugared orange step over the arranged oranges.
- Cream the butter and the sugar. Sift the flour with the ground chocolate and soda and add to the butter and sugar and alternately with the milk. Add the cointreau (or French 44) and beat well. Finally , add the vinegar and beat again..
- Pour into the pan over the oranges and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 30 to 40 minutes. (Do not overfill the pan...the mixture rises and will overflow if you put too much in the pan.
- Remove...wait a few minutes and invert the pan onto a plate so the oranges are on the top.
butter, brown sugar, coffee, oranges, sugar, sugar, flour, ground cocoa, baking soda, milk, coffee beans, white vinegar
Taken from food52.com/recipes/2878-chocolate-orange-upside-down-cake (may not work)