Plum Upside-Down Cakes

Ingredients

• Grated zest of 1 orange
• ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ¼ tsp. table salt
• 2 large eggs
• ¼ tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• + 7 more ingredients
• • 6 oz. (1-½ cups) cake flour
  • 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 1 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
  • ½ cup plus 1 Tbs. milk
  • 6 medium-size ripe but firm red plums, pitted and sliced ¹/₈-inch thick
  • 10 oz. (2-½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened at room temperature; more for greasing the ramekins
  • ½ tsp. ground cinnamon

Butter eight 8 oz. ramekins. Heat the oven to 350°F. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine 6 oz. (1-1/2 sticks) of the butter with the brown sugar, whisking until smooth and combined (you’ll still feel sugar granules). Immediately pour into the bottoms of the buttered ramekins, dividing ...

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