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Orange Upside Down Cakes

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Prep Time:15 minutes
Cook Time:25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 5 Limoneira mandarin clementine oranges
  • ¼ cup vegan butter
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 cups blanched almond flour
  • ½ cup cassava flour
  • ½ tablespoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 eggs
  • cup real maple syrup
  • ¼ cup melted coconut oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons limoneira lemon juice

Instructions

  • Cut oranges into 12 thin slices.
  • Add orange slices to boiling water and simmer for 3 minutes, then lay out on a paper towel to dry.
  • Divide the butter and sugar into a silicone 12-cupcake pan. This will be about 1 teaspoon of each butter and sugar into each cupcake mold.
  • Bake the butter and sugar mixture in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for about 3 minutes.
  • Next, whisk the almond flour, cassava flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
  • Then, whisk the eggs, maple syrup, coconut oil, vanilla extract and lemon juice in a large bowl.
  • Add the dry ingredients into the large bowl with the wet ingredients and stir until combined.
  • Place one blanched orange slice into the melted butter / sugar mixture in each cupcake mold, and top with cake batter.
  • Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for about 25 minutes.
  • Let cool and enjoy!
Servings: 12 cakes