# Apricot Upside Down Cake

This cake is the perfect way to highlight stone fruit, featuring apricots baked into a tart, bright, and elevated dessert.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 tablespoons Unsalted butter
- 0.5 cup Light brown sugar
- 0.5 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 0.25 teaspoon Ground cardamom
- 12 Medium apricots
- 1 cup Granulated sugar
- 3 Cardamom pods
- 2 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 0.5 teaspoon Baking soda
- 0.5 cup Extra-virgin olive oil
- 0.333 cup Full-fat Greek yogurt
- 2 Large eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 0.5 cup Whole milk
- 2 tablespoons Honey

## Instructions

1. Butter a 9-inch cake tin.
2. Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in a bowl.
3. Add 1/2 cup of packed brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of cardamom, and some kosher salt to the melted butter.
4. Mix the butter, brown sugar, cardamom, and salt all together.
5. Spread the mixture evenly on the bottom of the buttered cake tin.
6. Slice open the apricots and remove the pits.
7. Arrange the halved apricots, cut-side down, gently inside the cake tin on top of the butter-sugar mixture.
8. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
9. Add granulated sugar and cardamom seeds to a blender and blend until fine.
10. In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: all-purpose flour, baking powder, kosher salt, and baking soda.
11. In a separate bowl, add the 2 eggs, full-fat Greek yogurt, extra-virgin olive oil, vanilla extract, and the sugar-cardamom mixture.
12. Whisk the wet ingredients together until well combined.
13. Combine the wet and dry ingredients by alternating adding the dry mixture into the wet, then the milk.
14. Mix until a smooth batter forms.
15. Pour the cake batter over the apricots in the prepared cake tin.
16. Smooth the top of the batter with a spatula.
17. Bake the cake in the preheated oven.
18. Once baked, carefully invert the hot cake onto a serving plate.
19. Brush the top of the cake with honey to give it a gorgeous shine.
20. Serve with full-fat Greek yogurt or Labneh.

## Equipment

- 9-inch cake tin
- Blender
- Mixing bowl
- Whisk
- Spatula
- Oven

## Tips

- Cardamom and apricot are a match made in heaven.
- This cake isn't too sweet, so it can be enjoyed any time of the day.
- When placing apricots in the cake tin, put them cut-side down to showcase the inside of the apricot.
- Release the cake from the tin while it's hot for easier removal.
- Can substitute apricots with cherries or peaches.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18No81wARC/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/d9b11d75-3066-4569-b8da-29f9c5eeddc9
- Extracted: 2025-07-24

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