Cherry Upside Down Cake
Cherry Upside Down Cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream is all you need to make your summer dreams come true.
Ingredients
- ¼ Cup Butter Melted
- ½ Cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Can Water-packed Sour Cherries Drained (reserving juice)
- 2 tsp Lemon rind
Cake
- ½ Cup Butter
- ½ Cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 ½ Cup Flour sifted
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ Cup Milk
Sauce
- 2 TB Sugar
- 2 tsp Corn Starch
- Reserved Cherry Juice
Instructions
- Melt ¼ cup of butter in a 9" x 9" x 2" pan.
- Sprinkle with ½ cup brown sugar.
- Distribute cherries in pan with lemon rind.
Cake
- Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Beat in 1 egg.
- Sift in flour, baking powder, salt; alternating with ½ cup milk.
- Beat until smooth.
- Spread on top of the cherries.
- Bake in a 375° oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- While still warm, cut cake into 6 squares.
Sauce
- Blend sugar and cornstarch together in a saucepan.
- Add cherry juice.
- Cook until thickened.
- Serve on cake (or ice cream).
Notes
This recipe also works well with sour cherries fresh off the tree. You may need to cook them down a bit to get the juice.