Carambola Upside Down Cake: Marketing Florida Agriculture

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Ingredients
3 to 4	carambolas, sliced
1/4 cup	butter, melted
2/3 cup	dark brown sugar
	juice of 2 passion fruit
1/2 cup	butter, softened
1 cup	sugar
2	eggs
1 1/2 cups	cake flour
1 1/2 teaspoons	baking powder pinch of salt
1/2 cup	milk
1 teaspoon	vanilla extract
1 teaspoon	almond extract

Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Arrange sliced carambolas in bottom of a greased 9-inch cake pan as close together as possible. Mix together 1/4 cup butter, brown sugar and passion fruit juice and pour into pan, turning so mixture covers bottom. Set aside. Cream together 1/2 cup of butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beat well. Mix together dry ingredients. Add flour mixture, alternately with milk, to butter mixture. Stir in vanilla and almond extracts. Pour into prepared cake pan. Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until cake pulls away form sides of pan. Let cool for 5 minutes before inverting onto serving plate. Yield 8 servings

Carambola Upside Down Cake