Apricot- White Chocolate Upside-Down Cake

Categories: Cakes - Frosting - Icing

Ingredients

• 6 apricots, fresh or canned
• 1 pkg. white or yellow cake mix Plus ingredients needed in package directions, except milk
• Orange juice
• 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 × 13 inch baking dish or 2 (9-inch) cake pans; set aside.

2. If using fresh apricots, bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add apricots and cook 15 to 30 seconds. Drain in a colander. When apricots are cool enough to handle, remove skins and cut each in half along the seam. Remove pits; set aside.

3. Prepare cake mix according to package instructions, substituting orange juice for the milk. Fold the white chocolate chips into batter.

4. Pour melted butter into the bottom of prepared

5. pan and swirl to coat. Sprinkle evenly with brown sugar. Arrange apricot halves over sugar. Spread cake batter over apricots. Bake 30 to 35 minutes for sheet pan or until a tester inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Run a small knife around the edges of the pan, then invert onto a large wire rack and cool completely.

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