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Cherry Upside-Down Cake Recipe

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.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Sauce Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

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

Method
 

  1. Melt ¼ cup of butter in a 9" x 9" x 2" pan.
  2. Sprinkle with ½ cup brown sugar.
  3. Distribute cherries in pan with lemon rind.
Cake
  1. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
  2. Beat in 1 egg.
  3. Sift in flour, baking powder, salt; alternating with ½ cup milk.
  4. Beat until smooth.
  5. Spread on top of the cherries.
  6. Bake in a 375° oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  7. While still warm, cut cake into 6 squares.
Sauce
  1. Blend sugar and cornstarch together in a saucepan.
  2. Add cherry juice.
  3. Cook until thickened.
  4. 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.