Best 7 Upside Down Apricot Cake Recipes

APRICOT UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Place egg whites in a small bowl; let stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°. Drain apricots, reserving 3 tablespoons syrup (discard remaining syrup); set aside., Place butter in a 9-in. square baking dish. Place in oven 3-4 minutes or until butter is melted; swirl carefully to coat evenly. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Arrange apricot halves in a single layer over brown sugar, cut side up., In a small bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until slightly thickened. Gradually add sugar, beating on high speed until thick and lemon-colored. Beat in reserved apricot syrup. Fold in flour mixture., With clean beaters, beat egg whites on medium speed until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter. Spoon over apricots. Bake 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm.

UPSIDE-DOWN APRICOT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with cooking spray.
• Mix brown sugar and melted butter in a small bowl and spread evenly over the pan.
• Pat the apricot slices with a paper towel to soak up any excess liquid. Line them on the bottom of the pan.
• Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
• Beat white sugar and softened butter in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy and fluffy. Beat in eggs until thoroughly mixed. Add the flour mixture, sour cream, water, and vanilla extract. Beat well. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the center of the preheated oven, about 45 minutes.

APRICOT UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
• Melt 1/2 cup butter in saucepan.
• Pour butter into lightly greased 9 X 13 inch baking pan.
• Add brown sugar to the melted butter and spread evenly in bottom of the pan.
• Place apricot halves in bottom of pan.
• Cake:.
• Combine dry ingredients in mixing bowl.
• Add softened butter, milk and vanilla.
• Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Add eggs and beat 2 more minutes.
• Pour cake batter over apricots and spread evenly.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
• When cake is cool, run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen cake from the sides.
• Invert cake onto a plate and Enjoy!

CINNAMON SPICED APRICOT PECAN UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Stir together the sugar and 1 1/2 tablespoons water in a 10-inch ovenproof skillet until a mixture that looks like wet sand. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and light amber, about 5 minutes. Stir in the salt if making a salted caramel. Arrange the apricots, cut-side down, on top.
• Whisk the flour, pecans, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl.
• Beat together the sugar and butter with an electric mixer on medium-high speed in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating after each addition, then beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the buttermilk, beating until just incorporated.
• Pour the batter over the fruit and spread evenly. Bake until golden brown all over and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes and then invert onto a platter. Cool to room temperature before serving.

APRICOT-PECAN UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Make topping
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Melt butter in heavy small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add brown sugar and stir until mixture begins to bubble, about 2 minutes. Pour into 9-inch-diameter cake pan with 2-inch-high sides. Spread mixture over bottom of pan. Sprinkle nuts over. Place each cherry half, cut side down, into pitted center of each apricot half. Arrange apricot halves, cherry side down, in concentric circles in pan.
• Make cake
• Whisk flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt in medium bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until light and creamy. Gradually beat in sugar. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Mix in vanilla. Beat in dry ingredients alternately with milk in 3 additions.
• Spoon batter over apricots. Bake cake until top is golden and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Transfer pan to rack. Run knife around pan sides. Cool cake on rack 10 minutes. Place plate over pan; invert cake onto plate. Gently lift off pan.
• Set cake pan over low heat and whisk any sugar mixture remaining in pan until syrupy, about 30 seconds. Pour syrup over cake. Serve warm with whipped cream

UPSIDE-DOWN APRICOT CARAMEL CRUNCH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Line a 13x9 inch baking pan with foil and grease foil. Set aside.
• Drain apricot halves, reserving juice in a 2-cup glass measuring cup. Add enough apricot nectar to the reserved juice to equal the amount of water called for on the boxed mix (probably around 1 1/4 cups - if you don't have enough, add water to make up the difference). Set liquid aside.
• Cut apricot halves into 1/2-inch-thick slices; set aside.
• Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over bottom of the prepared baking pan. Sprinkle almonds over brown sugar. Arrange apricot slices on top of almonds; set aside.
• Prepare cake mix according to package directions, using the eggs and oil as instructed on the box, except add 1/2 cup oats into dry cake mix and substitute apricot juice mixture for the water called for in directions.
• Pour batter evenly over apricot slices and almonds in pan, being careful not to disturb apricots and almonds.
• Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Carefully invert onto a large serving platter; remove foil.
• Drizzle warm cake with caramel ice cream topping. If desired, top each serving with sweetened whipped cream or ice cream.

APRICOT UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• 1. PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Place baking mix, granulated sugar, sour cream, egg, water/juice and extract in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer on low speed just until moistened, stopping frequently to scrape bottom and side of bowl. Beat on medium speed 2 min.; set aside. MELT butter in small saucepan on medium heat. Add brown sugar; cook 1 min. or until completely dissolved, stirring constantly.Add a tablespoon of the syrup...mix well. Pour into 9-inch round cake pan. Top with apricot slices. Cover with batter. BAKE 30 to 35 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; invert onto serving plate. Cool completely.