Mandarin And Almond Upside-Down Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
4 None mandarin oranges, tangerines or clementines, thinly sliced and seeded
4 None eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup flour, sifted
2 tsp baking powder
8 tbsp (1 stick) butter, melted
1 cup ground almonds

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 325\u00b0F. Line the bottom of a 9-inch round cake pan with parchment paper.
Heat 2/3 cup water and 1 cup of the sugar in a shallow skillet on low heat. Stir until sugar dissolves. Add half the mandarin slices; simmer for 5 mins each side or until mandarin is soft. Remove pan from heat and set aside.
Beat eggs with remaining 1 cup sugar and vanilla in a large bowl with electric mixer until thick and pale. Fold in flour, baking powder, butter and almonds until combined. Arrange softened mandarin slices and half the syrup in bottom of prepared pan. Carefully pour batter over the top.
Bake for 20 mins. Reduce oven temperature to 300\u00b0F. Bake for a further 20 mins or until a skewer inserted into center comes out clean. Invert onto a plate, without removing cake pan. Set aside for 5 mins.
Add remaining mandarin slices to skillet with syrup; simmer on low heat for 5 mins each side. Remove cake pan. Arrange mandarin slices on cake and drizzle with remaining syrup. Serve.