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Chocolate Upside Down Cake
A buttery yellow cake that makes its own dark, fudge frosting while it's baking. This is a quick, easy cake that is just as delicious as it sounds.
Course
Dessert, Dessert - Cake
Cuisine
American - Vintage
Prep Time
5
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
35
minutes
minutes
Total Time
40
minutes
minutes
Servings
8
Calories
529
kcal
Author
Marye Audet-White
Ingredients
½
cup
chopped pecans
2
ounces
of bittersweet chocolate
1 ⅓
cups
(1 can ) sweetened condensed milk
1 ½
cups
cake flour
¼
teaspoon
kosher salt
2
teaspoons
baking powder
⅓
cup
butter
1
cup
sugar
2
eggs
1 ½
teaspoons
vanilla
½
cup
milk
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Spray a 9 inch, high sided cake pan with cooking spray.
Cover the bottom with a parchment circle and spray again.
Sprinkle parchment with the chopped pecans.
Set aside.
Pour the sweetened condensed milk in a microwave safe bowl.
Add the chocolate.
Microwave for 30 seconds, stir, and then microwave a few more seconds until the chocolate is melted.
Stir the mixture to make it smooth and carefully pour over the pecans in the cake pan.
Set aside.
Add the butter and sugar to the bowl of a mixer.
Beat
until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, one at a time.
Add the vanilla --
beat
thoroughly.
Mix the flour with the salt and baking powder.
Add the flour and milk alternately to the butter mixture beginning and ending with the flour.
Spoon the batter over the top of the chocolate.
Bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick pushed in the center comes out clean.
Do not overbake.
When cake is done remove from the oven and let stand for around 5 minutes.
Run a knife around the edge of the cake to loosen it from the pan.
Place a cake plate over the cake pan and then invert to remove the cake.
Nutrition
Calories:
529
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
76
g
|
Protein:
10
g
|
Fat:
22
g
|
Saturated Fat:
10
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
2
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
7
g
|
Trans Fat:
0.3
g
|
Cholesterol:
81
mg
|
Sodium:
222
mg
|
Potassium:
424
mg
|
Fiber:
2
g
|
Sugar:
57
g
|
Vitamin A:
464
IU
|
Vitamin C:
1
mg
|
Calcium:
228
mg
|
Iron:
1
mg