Apricot Upside Down Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 2 (15 ounce) cans apricot halves
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs, separated
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 2/3 cups cake flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 drain apricots, reserving 3 tablespoons juice (discard remaining juice or save for another use); set aside.
• 2 place butter in a greased 9 inch baking pan; place in a 350°f oven for 3-4 minutes or until melted.
• 3 stir in the brown sugar.
• 4 arrange apricot halves, cut side up, in a single layer over sugar.
• 5 in a mixing bowl, beat egg yolks on high for 4 minutes or until thick and lemon colored.
• 6 gradually beat in sugar.
• 7 stir in reserved apricot juice.
• 8 combine flour, baking powder, and salt; gradually add to egg yolk mixture.
• 9 in another mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.
• 10 fold into yolk mixture.
• 11 carefully spread over apricots.
• 12 bake at 350°f for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean.
• 13 cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate.