Blood Orange Cake with Honey Syrup
 
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Delicious and easy blood orange upside down cake. A light version made with olive oil and greek yogurt. Topped with honey-orange syrup.
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Recipe type: Cake
Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • 2 blood oranges - thinly sliced with rind, seeds removed
  • 1 Tbs. orange zest
  • 2 Tbs. turbinado sugar (brown sugar can be substituted)
  • 2 Tbs. sliced almonds
  • 1¾ cup flour
  • ½ cup corn meal
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 1½ tsp. Baking Powder
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt
  • ½ cup apple sauce
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 egg + 2 egg whites
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 1½ tsp. Baking Powder
  • Honey Syrup:
  • 2 Tbs honey
  • 3 Tbs blood orange Juice
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-inch round cake pan.
  2. Cut off ends of each orange so they are even and flat. Using a sharp knife, cut oranges into thin (1/8-inch thick rounds). Remove and discard any seeds
  3. Combine flour, cornmeal, salt and baking powder, combine and set aside.
  4. Sprinkle 2 Tbs. of turbinado sugar on the bottom of the greased can pan, scatter sliced almonds, and arrange orange slices, slightly overlapping, in a concentric circle.
  5. In a large mixing bowl, add sugar, yogurt, apple sauce and olive oil, beat with an electric mixer to combine well.
  6. Add the egg and whites one at time, beating after each addition. Mix the vanilla and orange zest into the batter.
  7. Add ⅓ of the flour, beating on low until just incorporated. Repeat 2 times to incorporate all flour.
  8. Using a large spoon, drop the batter atop the orange slices. Gently spread the batter to distribute.
  9. Bake 40-45 minutes until cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
  10. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then run a small knife around the cake to loosen. Place platter on top of the pan and using oven mitts, gently invert cake onto platter. Allow the cake to settle on the platter before lifting the pan to remove. Arrange any orange slices that may have come loose.
  11. Prepare Syrup: In a glass bowl cup, mix 2 Tbs. of blood orange juice with 2 Tbs. of honey, microwave on high 1-2 minutes till honey is melted and syrup is hot. Gently spoon the syrup over the top of the cake, the warm cake will absorb.
  12. Cool completely to room temperature. Cut into wedges to serve.
Notes
Make It Gluten Free: Use almond flour in place of the cornmeal, and gluten free flour (or baking mix) in place of the regular flour.
Recipe by Seasonal Muse at https://www.seasonalmuse.com/blood-orange-cake/