Every couple of weeks, I am as excited as all of you are, while featuring my favorite bloggers in the Be My Guest section, which I must say is going way beyond the level I had expected it to go! I feel so blessed that this series has been taken up wholeheartedly by many of you out there and that is the main reason that despite being tied up in my schedule, I still work on this series without giving up, with a lot of zest and enthusiasm!!!
A guest post closer to Eid should be coming from somebody who celebrates the festival, right? After thinking for quite sometime, I zeroed on a favorite of mine, Ambreen who blogs at Simply Sweet n Savory. Yes, the same Ambreen who I’ve just last week been on her blog for a guest post! You may be thinking, how come? I must say that I was the one who got her guest post first and scheduled it for this day, but it was otherwise that I happened to feature on her blog before she featured on mine!!! Funny ways of life… 🙂
She is just like her blog name, sweet and savory, and very simple as well. I am a huge fan of Pakistani food, I guess I have told that a couple of times in my previous blog posts. Ambreen, being a Pakistani, features a lot of food that I have grown up eating at the Pakistani eatery near our house. Not to mention, the bakes and sweets that she comes up with me – it would have been perfect if she was my neighbor! But thank God, she isn’t, otherwise, what would I do about my fluctuating weight??? Hehe… Jokes apart…
After a few emails up and down from her, she went ahead and sent me this little yet sweet guest post to be featured on this page. I love the flavor of oranges in cakes and this cake surely looks like a very big hit. Let’s move onto Ambreen and see what she has to say…
Marmalade
Upside Down Cake
8 servings
Ingredients
:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup castor sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla essence
1 cup plain flour
1 tsp. baking powder
Yellow food color, optional
4 tbsp. orange marmalade
Almond halves, optional
Method :
Preheat oven to 180 C / 350 F. Grease and line an 8 inch round pan with baking paper, grease the paper with softened butter /oil.
Spread ( 2 tbsp. ) marmalade on top to cover baking paper. Arrange almond halves over marmalade, press gently into marmalade. Keep aside.
In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add in eggs, one at a time; beating well after each addition.
Add remaining ( 2 tbsp. ) marmalade, vanilla essence and food color; beat well.
Sift in flour and baking powder, fold gently with a spatula ( or beat on a very low speed ) until just mixed.
The mixture should be of dropping consistency; if it is not, add 1 to 2 tbsp. of milk.
Carefully spoon the batter over the jam base in the prepared tin and gently level the surface with a spatula.
Bake for 25 – 30 minutes until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
Remove and cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then run a knife around side of pan to loosen cake.
Place a serving plate upside down onto pan, turn plate and pan over. Tap gently to release the cake.
Gently peel off the baking paper. Cut slices and serve warm or at room temperature.
Let the cake cool completely before storing it covered in the refrigerator.
Recipe adapted from a cooking show
Thank you once again Rafeeda for giving me this lovely opportunity. Wishing you and all your lovely readers a very happy ” Eid-ul-Adha “. Have a meatful Eid!
Wow cake looks so yummy…I am sure it will be family hit..thanks for sharing Ambreen and Rafee
thank u so much resna….
Thank you so much Rafeeda for the invite to guest post on your wonderful blog. It’s truly an honor to be here on one of my favorite blogs. 🙂
it's a pleasure having u around here… thank u so much, ambreen… 🙂
wow cake is delicious and tempting…nice guest post…
thank u so much pooja….
Fantastic and very gorgeous cake, Ambreen did a beautiful guest post for u Sis.. She is such a sweet blogger, am an ardent fan of her blog..Kudos to both of u.
thank u so much akka… i too enjoyed having her around…
Wow! Looks delicious!! Thanks for sharing and Eid Mubarak to everyone 🙂
thank u so much zub…. 🙂
Its really nice and wonderful cake. Thumbs up to Ambreen for sharing.
thank u so much nava…
Awesome cake…and a lovely guest post..
thank u so much ruxana…
tempting cake,love the colour
thank u so much babitha…
Ahh the cake looks so inviting Ambreen. And loved reading through the post Rafee 🙂
thank u so much priya… 🙂
Wow marmalade cake !That should be yummy.Love the idea of going for store bought marmalade instead of caramelizing and all that for upside down cakes.
So advance eid wishes to you both.Glad to see Ambreen here.
thank u so much meena…
Lovely cake by the lovely blogger Rafs!
Eid Mubarak to you and your family Rafeeda!
thank u so much dear….
Pass me that slice please.
YUmmy!!!
Thanks for sharing
thank u so much dear…
BEAUTIFUL cake!!
I love the recipe – it's easy, yet the cake looks super delicious 🙂
thank u so much winnie… 🙂
Ambreen this looks sooo good! I bet it was very very moist 🙂
It's nice to meet you Rafeeda 🙂
thank u so much dear for coming by… 🙂
Thank you so much to everyone for leaving such nice comments. Hope you give it a try & enjoy it as much as we do 🙂
🙂 🙂
This cake looks delicious Ambreen.. Fabulous clicks.. I'm bookmarking it.. Awesome guest post Rafee 🙂
thank u so much nilu… 🙂
Lovely guest post, mm..that cake looks inviting
thank u so much dears….
A delicious guest post Rafeed and Ambreen.
Beautiful cake Ambreen and the idea of marmalade is so cool!
thank u so much dear…
Mmm…that's a spongy cake and I love citrus flavor in cakes and desserts. Very nice recipe!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
thank u so much shibi….
Great guest post !that's an amazing cake ….wonderful !
thank u so much reni….
Wonderful cake!!I want a slice!!i missed this one somehow.
thank u so much princy…
Wow cake looks so yummy and tasty. I am sure everbody like this cake because this cake is looking very different like normal cake and taste will be different.i like it
Thank u so much mike…
the cake look delish
Thank u so much deepali…
oh my How did i miss this wonderful post I was just randomly clicking ur blog and saw this :O wonderful recipe by ambreen as usual 🙂 take my wishes for next Eid 😛