Upside-Down Cake

    It's cake time again! I gave the remainder of my "eggless cake" to the birds. I am sure the little beggars enjoyed it, and especially the raisins and dates. 
    How about a vintage upside-down cake? I've never made one before! I turned to "Betty Crocker's Bisquick Cook Book: 157 Recipes and Ideas" from "Betty Crocker of General Mills", dated 1956.

    Says Betty:

"You do so many nice special
things for the family more
often, because you start
so far ahead with Bisquick!"

(I guess Betty's better with cooking than words!)

    Bisquick, like Spam, is a much maligned product, I find. I once made a really delicious banana bread using a Bisquick recipe and brought it into work with me. One of my coworkers asked me for the recipe. He wanted to give it to his sister, but once he found out it was a Bisquick recipe he told me to just forget it. "My sister would never make anything with 'Bisquick' in it". I suppose there are plenty of people too snooty to use Bisquick, but I say if it tastes good, why not?! And it did (does) taste good...

For your consideration:

        Upside-Down Cake  

"Velvet Crumb is a favorite right side up 

and a double favorite upside down."  

Heat oven to 350 degrees (mod.). Melt 2

tbsp. butter in 8" square pan or 9"

round layer pan. Sprinkle with 1/4 

cup brown sugar. Arrange over sugar

mixture fresh or well drained canned

fruit (peach slices, pineapple slices

or chunks, or apricot halves). Make 

Velvet Crumb Cake batter (see below).

Pour over fruit. Bake 35 to 40 min.,

until toothpick stuck in center comes

out clean. Invert at once on serving

plate. Leave pan over cake a minute.

Serve warm with plain or whipped 

cream. 

Neat Trick: Dazzle the family with 

different designs on your upside-

down cakes.  

        Velvet Crumb Cake batter

    1 1/3 cups Bisquick

     3/4 cup sugar

    3 tbsp. soft shortening

    1 egg

    3/4 cup milk

    1 tsp. vanilla

Mix Bisquick, sugar. Add

shortening, egg, 1/4 cup of milk. Beat

vigorously 1 min. Stir in gradually 

remaining milk, vanilla. Beat 1/2 

min. 

    Verdict: Yummy yummy yummy, I've got love in my tummy! And, it was simple to make. I was traditional and used pineapple rings, but peaches sound good too. It makes a nice little cake. Sorry birdies! I don't see any leftovers forthcoming! 

    Stay tuned for another Bisquick recipe!