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On a large metal platter sits a spiced cherry upside down cake cut into pie sized slices with a serving tool under one slice and powder sugar everywhere.

Spiced Cherry Upside Down Cake


  • Author: Keith Recker

Description

All your favorite flavors of winter in an upside down cake.


Ingredients

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For the Topping:

  • 5 tbsp butter
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¼ tsp ground cloves
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 tsp corn starch
  • 2 tbsp brandy
  • 4 cups frozen cherries (preferably half tart and half sweet, more if needed)

For the Cake:

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup whole milk

Instructions

  1. Remove butter and eggs from refrigerator and let them come to room temperature. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Oil a 10” cast iron skillet. Cut a circle of parchment to line bottom and sides.
  3. Combine all topping ingredients in a saucepan. Stir gently with a spatula until butter is bubbling and all ingredients are well combined. Turn off heat and set aside.
  4. Place the frozen cherries on top of the parchment paper, creating an orderly single layer of fruit. Cover the entire bottom of the pan in cherries, using more than 4 cups if needed.
  5. Pour the saucepan of butter and sugar mixture over the cherries. Set skillet aside.
  6. In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix all cake ingredients together on medium speed until well combined. We use a whipping cage for this. Scrape the bowl down at least once.
  7. Pour the cake batter over the fruit in the skillet. Spread it gently and evenly with a spatula, being careful not to disturb the cherries.
  8. Bake for 40 minutes or until a wooden skewer emerges cleanly from the cake.
  9. Remove the cake from the oven and place on cooling rack. Let it settle and cool for 15 to 20 minutes.
  10. Place a platter over the skillet. Put oven mitts on your hands, with one hand on the platter and the other under the bottom of the skillet. Flip quickly. The parchment paper should make removing the skillet very easy.
  11. Carefully remove the parchment paper. Keep a table knife in one hand to scrape any cherries back into places.
  12. Slice and serve while still warm with dollops of whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream.