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02-06-2009 17:27

UPSIDE-DOWN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Ingredients :

2 T. butter

1/2 c. brown sugar, packed

1 can (1 lb.) apricot halves, drained

8 to 10 maraschino cherries, halved

1/3 c. butter

3/4 c. granulated sugar

1/4 c. Hershey's cocoa

Dash of cinnamon

2 eggs

1-3/4 c. sifted cake flour

1 tsp. baking soda

3/4 c. milk

1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation :

Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a heavy frying pan or 9-inch square pan. Add brown sugar, then arrange the apricot halves all over the bottom of pan on the brown sugar, placing cherry halves between. Set aside while preparing the cake. For cake: cream the 1/3 cup butter, granulated sugar, cocoa and cinnamon; add eggs, beaten very little, and whip the mixture vigorously. Then add the flour and baking soda, sifted together, alternately with the milk. Add vanilla and pour batter into the pan over the fruit. Bake in a 350~. Oven 35 to 40 minutes. Turn out immediately. Serve warm.