Orange Upside-down Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons sugar, divided use
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 3 oranges

Recipe

• 1 cream shortening, sugar, vanilla and 2 tbl milk together until light and fluffy.
• 2 blend in egg yolk.
• 3 sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with remaining milk.
• 4 beat egg until frothy and add 2 tbl sugar.
• 5 beat until a meringue in formed and fold into cake batter.
• 6 melt butter and combine with brown sugar in a 9 inch cake pan.
• 7 peel and section oranges, removing all membrane.
• 8 arrange over brown sugar mixture and pour batter over top.
• 9 bake at 350* for 35-40 minutes.
• 10 remove from pan immediately, fruit side up.
• 11 serve hot or cold.