Friendship Sauce Upside-Down Cake
Ingredients
Friendship Starter
- 3/4 cup canned peaches in heavy syrup, drained
- 3/4 cup canned pineapple, drained
- 6 maraschino cherries, halved
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 package instant yeast
Friendship Sauce
- 1 cup fermented fruit
- 1/2 cup canned peaches, drained
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup canned pineapple tidbits or crushed, drained
- 6 maraschino cherries, halved
Upside-Down Cake
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup drained fruit sauce
- 1/3 cup chopped nuts
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 cup fruit syrup
- 1/4 cup oil
- 2 eggs
Instructions
Friendship Starter
- Combine ingredients and place in a glass jar with a loose cover. Stir several times the first day, then stir once a day. Do not refrigerate.
- At the end of two weeks, the starter has fermented enough to make sauce.
- Sauce can be spooned over angel food or pound cake, ice cream, cheese cake, pancakes, ham slices or cottage cheese.
Friendship Sauce
- Combine all ingredients in a glass jar with a loose cover; stir well. Set in a fairly warm place. Continue to stir once a day. Sauce can be served after one week.
- Fruit and sugar can be repeated every 2 weeks.
- Share 1 cup portions with a friend along with directions for replenishing the fruit.
Upside-Down Cake
- Melt butter in 8 inch square pan. Add brown sugar, fruit sauce and nuts; mix well. Set aside.
- In medium mixing bowl, combine remaining ingredients; mix well. Pour batter over fruit-sugar-butter mixture in pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 to 45 minutes until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes; loosen edges with knife and invert onto serving plate.
- Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream, if desired.
