Plum - Apricot Upside-down Cake
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 4 ounces butter, plus
- 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 3⁄4 cup lightly-packed brown sugar
- 8 -12 Italian plums, halved and pitted
- 8 small apricots, halved and pitted
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 2⁄3 cup blanched almond, finely ground
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
directions
- Set oven rack in center and preheat oven to 375F.
- In a 10 inch cast-iron skillet, combine the 2 tblsps butter and the brown sugar and cook over medium heat, stirring, until melted.
- Remove the skillet from the heat and arrange the plums and apricots, cut sides up, snugly and attractively in a single layer in the melted sugar.
- In a large bowl, beat together the remaining butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the extracts, then add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating until smooth after each addition.
- Stir in the almonds, then the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Spoon the batter over the fruit and smooth it.
- Bake for about 35 minutes, or until lightly-browned and cake springs back when lightly pressed with a fingertip.
- Let cool for a few minutes.
- Invert onto a cake plate and carefully remove skillet.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.