Description
Chocolate Cherry Upside Down Cake is a moist and tender dessert featuring a rich chocolate base topped with juicy cherries. The cake is baked with cherries at the bottom and inverted before serving, showcasing a vibrant, sweet cherry topping that perfectly complements the chocolate flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups fresh or frozen cherries (pitted)
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Melt butter in a 9-inch round cake pan over medium heat. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over the butter. Arrange cherries evenly on top.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In another bowl, beat granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract on medium-high speed until light and fluffy (2-3 minutes). Slowly mix in buttermilk and vegetable oil.
- Gradually fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined; small lumps are okay.
- Pour batter evenly over the cherry topping in the pan.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto serving platter to display cherries on top.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
- For dairy-free, substitute buttermilk with almond or soy milk plus vinegar.
- Use gluten-free flour blend to make it gluten-free.
- Replace sugars with erythritol or monk fruit sweetener for sugar-free.
- Add almond extract or orange zest to the batter for flavor variations.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30-35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 50mg
Keywords: chocolate cherry cake, upside down cake, baked cherry dessert, chocolate cake with fruit topping