Recipe at Quiet Acres Farm

Apricot Upside-Down Cake

Upside-down cake made with prune plums instead of apricots.

Submitted by:

Ruby Romanek, Niagara-on-the-Lake (ruby@qa.on.ca) www.qa.on.ca

Comments of Submitter:

I use my own fresh or frozen apricots or prune plums for this recipe. You can alternate apricots and prune plums for a nice effect in colour contrast and taste. The cake featured in the picture is made only with prune plums. I freeze appricots and prune plums halved and pitted on a cookie sheet. After frozen soild, place in freezer containers. Do not thaw for this recipe, just place frozen round side down in pan and pour cake mixture over the frozen fruit.

Preparation Time:

30-45 min

Number of Servings:

Six large or nine small servings.

Ingredients:

¾ cup butter
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
½ tsp ground cinnamon
1½ cups drained canned Quiet Acres apricot halves (or a similar amount frozen apricot halves- see submitter comments)(Want to know apricot maturity dates?)
½ cup white sugar
1 egg from Quiet Acres
1½ cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ cup milk

Method:

Melt ¼ cup butter in square pan (9" by 9"). Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Arrange apricot halves, rounded side down, in the pan. Cream ½ cup butter with white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Mix dry ingredients together and mix alternately with milk, beating until smooth. Spread on apricots. Bake in preheated oven (375 F) for about 30 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes; turn out on serving plate and serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream if desired.

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