Apricot Upside Down Cake
Total Time: 50 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 8
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 (15 ounce) cans apricot halves, well-drained (reserve juice)
- 2 tablespoons apricot juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (fresh is best)
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg, well beaten
- 1 1/2 cups flour, sifted
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Recipe
- 1 melt butter and brown sugar in a large frying pan.
- 2 heat slowly and stir constantly until a light brown syrup forms.
- 3 add fruit juices. pour syrup into cake pan; arrange apricot halves cut side up in the syrup.
- 4 preheat oven to 350â°f.
- 5 sift remaining dry ingredients together.
- 6 cream shortening and sugar together; add egg and beat until fluffy.
- 7 add dry ingredients to the batter alternatively with the milk and vanilla.
- 8 pour batter over the apricots.
- 9 bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until cake tests done.
- 10 remove from oven, let stand five minutes and turn out carefully onto serving platter, having the apricots on top.
- 11 if desired, serve with whipped cream.
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