Cottage Pudding Upside Down Cake Recipes

COTTAGE PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• For the cake, combine first seven ingredients (butter, sugar, egg, milk, flour, baking powder and salt). Pour batter into a greased 13" x 9" cake pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until cake tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
• To make the sauce, combine the last five ingredients (sugar, boiling water, butter, flour and vanilla) in a saucepan over medium heat until sugar is dissolved and sauce thickens slightly. Remove from heat. The sauce will be thin.
• Slice cake into 2-inch pieces and place each piece in a bowl to serve.
• Pour a liberal amount of the sauce over each warm piece of cake and serve immediately. Do not pour sauce over entire cake, as it will become soggy.
• Store left-over cake at room temperature for up to three days. Store sauce in refrigerator and warm in microwave when re-use desired.

PLUM UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Drop butter into an 8-inch square and let melt in the preheating oven.
• Remove the pan from the oven and tilt to coat the bottom evenly with butter. Sprinkle brown sugar and almond flour on top. Arrange plum slices over the mixture.
• Beat softened butter and sugar together until light and creamy. Mix in egg and vanilla extract until fluffy.
• Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together in a separate bowl. Add to the butter mixture alternately with the milk, folding just until dry spots disappear. Pour batter evenly over the plums; tap pan onto the counter to expel excess air bubbles.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes.
• Cover the pan with a serving plate and immediately invert cake onto the plate. Let cool until no longer hot, about 15 minutes. Cut and serve warm.

COTTAGE PUDDING (IT'S REALLY A CAKE!)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400* (F).
• Butter and lightly flour an 8-inch square cake pan.
• Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar together in a large bowl.
• Melt the butter in a small pan, remove from heat, and whisk in the milk and egg, beating well.
• Add to the flour mixture and blend.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 5 minutes.
• Turn out onto wire rack.
• Serve warm with lemon sauce/vanilla sauce, or your favorite thick chocolate sauce.
• For Lemon/Vanilla Sauce: Mix the sugar and cornstarch together in a small bowl.
• Add sugar mixture to boiling water, stirring constantly.
• Boil 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and swirl in the butter, lemon juice and rind OR vanilla extract, and pinch of salt.
• Serve warm.