An upside-down cake made with apples and cherries instead of pineapples. Picture-perfect dessert!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In large nonstick skillet, melt 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter and brown sugar.
- Add apples, tossing to coat; cook for 1 minute.
- Add cherries; cook another minute. Remove from heat.
- Beginning with apple slices, arrange fruit in bottom of 9-inch, nonstick baking pan.
- Lay apples in a slightly overlapping pattern around outermost edge of pan interior, creating a ring of apples with a circular space in the center to add cherries.
- Spoon cherries into middle of pan, pressing down slightly to fill space.
- Pour remaining pan syrup (1/3 cup maximum) over fruit. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, beat remaining butter (1 stick) and granulated sugar.
- Add egg, vanilla, yogurt, and milk; mix well. Gradually add in flour mixture until well incorporated.
- Pour batter over fruit. Gently spread batter to edge of pan (careful not to disturb fruit).
- Bake for 45-50 minutes; until wooden toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean.
- Allow cake to cool in pan for at least 1 hour.
- After allotted cooling, invert cake pan onto platter and let rest 5-10 minutes before removing pan.
- Cut cake into wedges. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutritional Information
- Calories: 409
- Fat Content: 18.6g
- Cholesterol Content: 68mg
- Sodium Content: 264mg
- Carbohydrate Content: 58.8g
- Fiber Content: 3.1g
- Sugar Content: 43.4g
- Protein Content: 4.8g
Ingredients
3/4 cup unsalted butter (divided)
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
2 apples, peeled, cored, quartered and cut into slices
15 to 20 dark sweet cherries, pitted and halved
1 cup all-purpose, unbleached flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp kosher salt
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
2/3 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup milk (2%)
