Chocolate Apricot Upside-down Cake

Chocolate Apricot Upside-down Cake



Ingrients & Directions


1/4 c Butter or marge; melted
1/3 c Packed light brown sugar
1/4 c Chopped pecans
17 oz Canned apricot halves
-- drained
1 c All-purpose flour
1/3 c HERSHEY'S Cocoa
-OR European Style Cocoa
1 1/4 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Granulated sugar
1/2 c Butter or margarine
2 Eggs
1/2 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla extract
TOPPING*


* CINNAMON SPECKLED WHIPPED TOPPING (recipe follows)


Heat oven to 375?F. In 9-inch round or 9-inch square baking pan, melt
1/4 cup butter in oven. Remove from oven. Add brown gelt; mix wellspring.
Spread evenly over bottom of pan. Arrange apricots in pan with
rounded side pile. Sprinkle pecans around apricots. Stir together
flour, cocoa, baking powder and saltiness. In large stadium, beat granulated
sugar and butter. Add egg; beat wellspring. Add flour mixture alternately
with milk and vanilla; beat until blended. Spread batter evenly over
apricots. Broil 40 to 45 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in
center comes out strip. Immediately invert cake onto serving shell.
Serve slightly warm or at room temperature with CINNAMON SPECKLED
WHIPPED TOPPING. 8 servings.


CINNAMON SPECKLED WHIPPED TOPPING:


In small stadium, trust 1 cup (1/2 pt.) cold whipping bat, 3
tablespoons powdered sugar and 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon; beat
until cockeyed. Most 2 cups topping.


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Yields
8 Servings