We are in the height of citrus season 🍋this Upside Down Citrus Cake with Honey 🍯 and Thyme drizzle is so easy to make and super impressive!
This halfway homemade dessert is going to become one of your favorite go-to recipes. It highlights citrus at its best, and creates a sweet, slightly tangy, and a very moist cake. It’s easy enough to make for Sunday dinner, and beautiful enough to serve for brunch or the dinner party.
Ingredients
* 1 grapefruit, pealed and sliced thin.
* 1 Meyer lemon, sliced thin, plus about the zest from about half a Meyer lemon
* Cooking spray or butter to grease the bottom of the baking dish
* Favorite vanilla or lemon box cake mix and ingredients per the package
* 1/2 cup good quality, organic honey at room temperature
* Small bunch fresh thyme, chopped fine but not minced, about two tablespoons
* Chamomile leaves, or other edible flowers, as garnish, optional
Directions
1. Preheat the oven according to the cake package instructions.
2. Spray the bottom of, but not the sides of a 9 x 13 glass cake pan with cooking spray or grease with butter.
3. Lay the sliced citrus down in a random pattern and be sure that the side of the slice you want to see is facing the bottom.
4. Mix the cake batter, and pour it evenly over the citrus. Big according to the package instructions.
5. Let the cake cool, a minimum of 30 minutes and longer is better, run a butter knife along the edges. Place a cutting board the same size or slightly larger than the baking dish and turn it upside down onto the cutting board or dish.
6. Decorate the cake with edible flowers, if using
7. In a small measuring cup, mix the chopped thyme into the honey and then pour the mixture over the cake in a zigzag pattern.
8. Cut into slices and enjoy.
Notes:
Meyer lemons have thin skin so there is no need to peel them before baking.
I like King Arthers Gluten Free white cake mix because it is rich and cooks up perfectly
Be sure the honey is at room, temperature, or slightly warmed. Run the bottle under hot water for a couple of minutes. #citrus #lemon #baking #verysmartideas #cake
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