14 February 2010

Blueberry and Apricot Upside-down Cake

This recipe comes from Annabelle White's Best Recipes - this is one of my favourite cook books as everything is easy but sensational. This is an easy cake & is so light & tasty!



Topping: 

50g butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 400g can apricots, drained
1 punnet blueberries

Melt butter on low heat and sprinkle brown sugar on top, leave for a few minutes on low. Remove from heat. pour into your cake tin and arrange fruits.

NOTE: You can use any assortment of fruit & nuts.

Batter:

2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
pinch salt
125g soft butter
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk

  1. Cream butter and sugar.
  2. Add vanilla essence, then eggs one at a time. Beat well.
  3. Add buttermilk, mix.
  4. Sift in dry ingredients and mix well.
  5. Pour over fruit evenly.
  6. Bake 350oC for 40-45 minutes until the top springs back.
  7. Run knife around the side immediately - turn over with plate

3 comments:

  1. Hi I have this book too and have loved every item I have baked so far. I just got a new mixer so was looking for new cakes to try and thought this would be a good option but found what I thought were typos in the recipe. Do you bake it at 350oC as printed or does it mean 350oF (180oC)?

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  3. thanks for pointing it out I'd bake it as "normal" in a moderate oven don't even look at the F or C but you're correct

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