Upside Down Butterscotch Cake
Created by dienia b on April 17, 2025
- Servings: 12
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #44491
Ingredients
- Topping
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 1/2 cup flaked coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted
- Cake
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup milk
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350F.
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Step 2: Topping: Combine the melted butter, graham cracker crumbs, butterscotch chips, coconut, and pecans.
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Step 3: Spread over bottom of a buttered Pam sprayed 13x9-inch baking pan.
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Step 4: Cake: Cream shortening with granulated sugar until light.
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Step 5: Add vanilla and mix well.
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Step 6: Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
How to Make
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Step 7: Into another bowl, sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder.
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Step 8: Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, alternating with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour.
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Step 9: Beat well after each addition.
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Step 10: Beat for about 1 minute longer then pour over the topping.
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Step 11: Bake for 30 minutes, or until the cake bounces back when touched lightly with finger.
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Step 12: Cool for 5 minutes in the pan.
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Step 13: Invert carefully onto serving plate, spooning any topping left in the pan over the cake; cut into squares.