Loquat Upside Down Cake

Ingredients

25 loquats halved and pitted
3/4 cups brown sugar
2 tbsp butter
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 stick butter
3/4 granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
3/4 cups milk
maraschino cherries - optional

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375

For the topping: melt the butter and mix with brown sugar.

Arrange loquats on a greased 9 inch cake pan with cut sides down. Then pour the melted butter with the brown sugar over the loquats.
In a bowl sift together flour with baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.

In another bowl cream butter with granulated sugar until smoothy and creamy. Then beat in vanilla and eggs. Combine dry ingredients with the batter mix, then add the milk and beat.
Pour batter over loquats.

Bake in the oven for 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Let cake cool for 10 minutes then flip it over a plate (before the caramel becomes sticky!).


I know this isn't something everyone can make. I never heard of a Loquat when I lived in NY. Loquats are not sold in the grocery store and I'm lucky to have a neighbor who allowed me to pick from her tree.

Since everything is pretty much shut down due to the virus I have lots of time to bake. I love making new things and this was very good!