Blackberry Upside Down Cake Food

BLACKBERRY UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt brown sugar and 2 tablespoons butter together in a saucepan over medium heat. Add blackberries to brown sugar mixture; cook and stir until mixture bubbles, 1 to 3 minutes. Stir 3/4 cup white sugar into berries, crush berries slightly with a fork, and continue cooking until berries are hot and slightly broken-down, about 5 minutes more; remove from heat and pour into a 9-inch cake pan.
• Beat 1 cup white sugar and 1/2 cup butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in eggs.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Alternately stir flour and milk into butter mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix vanilla into batter.
• Pour batter over blackberry mixture in the 9-inch cake pan.
• Bake cake in the preheated oven until cooked through, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cake cool in the pan until warm, but not completely cooled, about 30 minutes. Run a knife along the inside edge of the pan to separate cake from the sides, place a cake plate over the top of the pan, and flip the pan. Lift the pan slowly to release the cake from the pan.

BLACKBERRY UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a 10-inch cast-iron frying pan or a 9x2-inch cake pan over low heat, melt butter or margarine.
• Stir in brown sugar until blended. Remove from heat.
• Sprinkle lemon zest over the brown sugar. Sprinkle chopped nuts over the top.
• Arrange the blackberries in an even layer over the nuts; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• Add egg, milk, and butter; beat 2 minutes.
• Add lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla extract; beat 2 minutes.
• Pour over blackberries in frying pan, spreading evenly.
• Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes on a wire rack. Run knife around edge of pan to loosen; cover with a cake plate and invert.
• Serve warm.

UPSIDE-DOWN BLUEBERRY-LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter just the sides of a 9-inch round cake pan.
• For the caramel topping: Stir the sugar and 1/3 cup water in a medium saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Stop stirring, and gently swirl the saucepan occasionally until the mixture is the color of light amber, 4 to 5 minutes. If needed, brush any sugar crystals off the side of the pan with a wet pastry brush. Remove the saucepan from the heat, and carefully whisk in the butter (take care: the mixture can bubble up considerably). Pour the caramel into the prepared cake pan, tilting the pan to cover most of the bottom (be careful: the pan will be very hot from the caramel). Scatter the blueberries over the caramel.
• For the cake: Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk the milk and sour cream together in a small bowl.
• Beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer on medium-high speed in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating after each addition and scraping down the side of the bowl as needed, then beat in the vanilla and lemon zest. Reduce the mixer speed to low, and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the milk-sour cream mixture, mixing until just incorporated.
• Pour the batter over the blueberries in the cake pan, and spread evenly. Bake the cake until it is golden brown and bounces back when pressed and a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean when inserted in the center, 50 to 60 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the cake to separate it from the pan. Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack until just cool enough to handle, about 30 minutes. Invert a serving platter over the cake pan and, while holding them together, quickly flip them over so the cake unmolds, blueberry-side up. Let cool completely. Cut into wedges, and serve.

LAVENDER-BLACKBERRY UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Spray 9-inch round pan with cooking spray; line with parchment. Toss blackberries with 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar; spread onto bottom of prepared pan.
• Combine flour, lavender flowers, baking powder and lemon zest. Beat butter and remaining granulated sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Gradually add dry ingredients alternately with sour cream, mixing well after each addition. Spoon over blackberries; smooth top.
• Bake 30 to 35 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 min. Loosen cake from side of pan with knife. Invert onto wire rack; gently remove parchment and pan. Cool cake completely.
• Mix powdered sugar and lemon juice until blended; drizzle over cake.

UPSIDE-DOWN BERRY CAKE

Steps:

• In a well-greased 13x9-in. baking pan, layer the walnuts and berries; sprinkle with sugar and gelatin. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, water and oil; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Fold in marshmallows. Pour over top., Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before inverting onto a serving platter. Refrigerate leftovers.

BLACKBERRY-APPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in a lightly greased 9-inch round cake pan (with sides that are at least 2 inches high) over low heat.
• Remove from heat.
• Sprinkle with brown sugar; drizzle honey over brown sugar.
• Arrange apple slices in concentric circles over brown sugar mixture, overlapping as needed; sprinkle with blackberries.
• Beat sugar and remaining 1/2 cup butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• Stir together flour and baking powder.
• Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Spoon batter over blackberries in pan.
• Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes.
• Carefully run a knife around edge of cake to loosen.
• Invert cake onto serving plate, spooning any topping in pan over cake.

BLACKBERRY UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Line bottom of a buttered 8- by 2-inch round cake pan with 2 rounds of parchment paper, then butter parchment. Dust pan with some flour, knocking out excess.
• Arrange blackberries in 1 layer in cake pan. Sprinkle berries with 11/2 tablespoons sugar and shake pan to help distribute sugar.
• Whisk together 1 cup flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Beat together butter and remaining 1/2 cup sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and mix at low speed until just incorporated. Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk in 3 batches, mixing at low speed until just incorporated.
• Spoon batter evenly over berries, smoothing top, and bake in middle of oven until top is golden and a tester comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.
• Run a thin knife around edge of pan, then invert a large plate over pan and, using pot holders to hold plate and pan together tightly, flip cake onto plate. Peel off parchment and serve cake with ice cream.