The World's Best Cranberry Cake

Succulent cranberries atop an utterly delicious yellow cake. The result: a mouthwateringly exquisite combination, Cranberry Upside-down Cake. At least once every fall, sometimes twice, if I'm lucky, we make Cranberry Upside-down Cake. Sometimes we eat it at our Yom Kippur break-fast dinner, but this year we had it as a Thanksgiving treat. Among the other desserts present at our dinner this year, the cranberry cake's popularity was somewhat diminished among our guests. It was not as immaculate-looking as the pumpkin pie. Nor did it look as tender and juicy as the apple pie. No matter, that just meant that there were more leftovers for me!