Starfruit (carambola) Upside Down Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 13 mins Preparation Time: 18 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 sliced carambolas, sliced crossways into 1/4-inch stars (starfruit)
• 12 maraschino cherries
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 place the three tablespoons butter in a round 9 inch cake pan and warm it to melt the butter.
• 2 cover the butter with the brown sugar, then place the star shaped carambola slices and the cherries.
• 3 in a mixing bowl, cream the 1/3 cup butter with the sugar and lemon zest.
• 4 add, one by one, the eggs and continue beating for four minutes.
• 5 in a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
• 6 add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl, alternating with the milk.
• 7 pour the batter into the cake pan, and bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes.
• 8 remove from oven and let cool for 3 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate. cool completely before serving.