{"id":30074,"date":"2016-02-11T19:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T00:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=30074"},"modified":"2016-10-24T19:41:46","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T00:41:46","slug":"black-forest-upside-down-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=30074","title":{"rendered":"Black Forest Upside Down Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Valentine’s Day this week-end, I purposely chose this recipe to feature today.\u00a0 If you make this delicious black forest upside down cake for your special sweetheart, it and you will be very much appreciated.<\/h3>\n

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BLACK FOREST UPSIDE DOWN CAKE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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3\/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar<\/h3>\n

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10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened and divided into 4 and 6<\/h3>\n

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2 (12 oz.) packages frozen sweet cherries, thawed<\/h3>\n

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2 1\/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided<\/h3>\n

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1 1\/2 teaspoons almond extract, divided<\/h3>\n

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3\/4 cup granulated sugar<\/h3>\n

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3 tablespoons vegetable oil<\/h3>\n

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2 large eggs<\/h3>\n

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1 cup all-purpose flour<\/h3>\n

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1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder<\/h3>\n

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2 teaspoons baking powder<\/h3>\n

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1\/4 teaspoon baking soda<\/h3>\n

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1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/h3>\n

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1 1\/2 cup buttermilk<\/h3>\n

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1.\u00a0 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.\u00a0 Spray a 10 inch springform pan with baking spray; line bottom of pan with parchment paper, and spray paper with baking spray.\u00a0 Tightly wrap two layers of foil around bottom of pan.<\/h3>\n

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2.\u00a0 In a medium saucepan, cook brown sugar and 4 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat, stirring constantly,until sugar is dissolved.\u00a0 Stir in cherries and 1 teaspoon each of vanilla and almond extract, and bring to a boil.\u00a0 Reduce heat, and simmer for 5 minutes.\u00a0 Remove from heat, and spread cherry mixture into bottom of prepared pan.<\/h3>\n

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3.\u00a0 In a large bowl, beat remaining 6 tablespoons butter, granulated sugar, and vegetable oil with a mixer at medium-high speed\u00a0 until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes, stopping occasionally to scrape sides of bowl.\u00a0 Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.<\/h3>\n

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4.\u00a0 In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.\u00a0 In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk, remaining 1 1\/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and remaining 1\/2 teaspoon almond extract.\u00a0 Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending just until combined after each addition.\u00a0 Gently spread batter onto cherries in pan.<\/h3>\n

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5.\u00a0 Bake for 25 minutes.\u00a0 Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees, and bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes more.\u00a0 Let cool for 10 minutes.\u00a0 Run a knife around sides of pan to loosen cake, and remove sides of pan.\u00a0 Invert cake onto a serving platter, and serve immediately with whipped cream, if desired.\u00a0 Cover and refrigerate up to 3 days.<\/h3>\n

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Thank you all for spending part of your day with us.\u00a0 Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day.\u00a0 We will see you here tomorrow for our selections.<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With Valentine’s Day this week-end, I purposely chose this recipe to feature today.\u00a0 If you make this delicious black forest upside down cake for your special sweetheart, it and you will be very much appreciated.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[30,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30074"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30074"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32961,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30074\/revisions\/32961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}