Cherry Upside Down Cake..
photo by buttercreambarbie
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 14 ounces sour pie cherries, drained
- 1 3⁄4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄3 cup oil
- 3⁄4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
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CHERRY SAUCE
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 1⁄2 cups cherry juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- red food coloring, if desired
directions
- have ingredients at room temperature --
- butter a 12x8 pan.sprinkle brown sugar over bottom of pan -- add drained cherries.
- sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
- add to oil and milk and vanillla -- beat for 1 1/2 minutes or batter is well blended.
- add egg, unbeaten, and beat for another 1 1/2 minutes.
- pour over cherries in pan --
- bake at 350* for 35-45 minutes --
- CHERRY SAUCE:.
- you will need to put reserved cherry juice, drained from cherries into a 2 cup measuring cup -- and add enough water to equal 1 1/2 cups juice -- ,
- pour into a medium saucepan -- add sugar, and cornstarch -- cook till thickened -- stirring constantly --
- remove from heat and add almond extract, butter and red food coloring, if desired --
- stir well to combine -- and butter melted.
- serve warm over warm cake --
- I can hear my husband sigh!
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I love cooking, and reading Christian fiction..I have 5 grandchildren..4 boys and 1 spoiled granddaughter...I also have a black cocker spaniel named Tobey..who is very spoiled..Love computer games, cross stitch and reading cookbooks..I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia almost a year ago, on September 26, 2005....was in an out of the hospital for 8 months, doing intensive chemo...I am doing well now, thanks for all the prayers...