I bought some raspberries for a different recipe and definitely bought too many. While I love to snack on fresh raspberries, I thought I would try a cake too. Who knew a recipe using Bisquick would be so good? I actually used my homemade master mix for this recipe.
MY NOTES: Very easy to assemble. I’ve made pineapple upside down cake many times and definitely took longer to put the raspberries on that it does to put pineapple on, but the presentation alone was worth it. What I found refreshing about making this out of Bisquick instead of a standard cake recipe was that it wasn’t overly sweet. Just sweet enough to be good and the raspberries add a wonderful little twang that offsets the sweetness. Yum! This is actually a great breakfast cake in my opinion. The recipe suggests serving warm with whip cream (maybe ice cream too), but I had a piece of this cake this morning after being in the refrigerator all night and it was wonderful chilled!
Raspberry Upside Down Cake
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Print It Rate ItIngredients
- 1/4 cup margarine or butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cups raspberries
- 2 tablespoons sliced almonds I measured these out and forgot to put them on!
- 1 1/2 cups Bisquick Original baking mix or my master mix
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup milk or water
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 egg
- Sweetened whipped cream or ice cream if desired
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 F. Heat margarine in round pan, 9x1 1/2 inches, or square pan, 8x8x2 inches, in oven until melted. Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar evenly over melted margarine. Arrange raspberries with open ends up over sugar mixture; sprinkle with almonds.
- Beat remaining ingredients except whipped cream in medium bowl on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 4 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour batter over raspberries.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately turn pan upside down onto heatproof serving plate; leave pan over cake a few minutes. Remove pan. Let cake stand at least 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm with whipped cream.
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Marie says
Just made this fresh sliced Bosc sliced pairs, chopped candy ginger and morello cherries. Absolutely delicious. Will be trying out different variations with this mix.
Shawn says
So…I made this 50/50 raspberries and strawberries, white sugar and brown sugar no almonds and Krusteaz Belgian Waffle Mix. It cooked through quicker than expected. It tasted great! By the third piece I put on real maple syrup. I had no whipped Cream and forgot using ice cream; I’ll have that on the fourth piece. A great way to use up those excess raspberries and strawberries!
Shawn
Amanda Formaro says
Awesome, sounds like a winner!
Therese says
I’m using frozen raspberries, I’m sure it will be delicious. I’m wondering why I need to beat the batter for 4 minutes? Also it seems s thin and comes to about 3 cups. Keeps making me wonder if I missed a half cup of bisquick.
Pam says
I’m wondering if this would work as well with frozen berries instead of fresh. If so, should they be thawed first?
Amanda Formaro says
Hi Pam! If you using frozen, do not thaw them first. Just use them in the recipe as if they were fresh. They will cook just fine :)
Nora Terwilliger says
could I use gluten free bisquick for this cake ?
Amanda Formaro says
Hi Nora. I am not familiar with using gluten free products, so I wouldn’t be able to give you solid advice on that. Let me know how it goes if you try it!
Rose says
I made this cake with blueberries, it was awesome. Can’t wait to try it with strawberries or peaches.
Amanda Formaro says
Oh that sounds wonderful!
Terry says
This sounds yummy. Do you think it would work with most fruits?? How about strawberries and rhubarb??? Thanks!!
Amanda Formaro says
I would think that fruits that would work well with this recipe would include any type of berry, stone fruit or tropical fruit. I’ve never made one with rhubarb, but if rhubarb has been used in upside down cakes, I can’t see why it wouldn’t work with this one :)
Amanda says
Mmm, this looks amazing and so very moist. I'll have to try this sometime soon.
Amanda says
I happen to agree with you. This recipe was made for a challenge through Alicia & Annie :) You can actually make your own bisquick, which I have done before, but it does include shortening. I much prefer to just make a white cake.
Anonymous says
The cake is so pretty! However, I consider Bisquick (with it's trans-fat, preservatives and other unhealthful chemicals) fake food–more on par with using cool-whip and blue jello.
Ingrid says
This is something my Mom would LOVE. She's a fiend for raspberry filled desserts.
~ingrid
Jude says
Looks very easy for sure.. Thanks for the Bisquick idea!
Aggie says
Oh, I love rasberries! This looks delicious!
Karly says
Raspberries are my favorite! I’ll definitely be trying this!
Katrina says
That looks really good, Amanda! Wish I still had my 10 for $10 (6 oz. pkgs.) raspberries I got a week or so ago!
Debbie says
That cake sounds really good. That would be great to bring to one of my potlucks at work. I like that you said it was not too sweet. Sounds like it would also work with blueberries.
AmyRuth says
This looks delish…maybe a little yummy butter too. Either way sounds like a good breakfast/coffee cake.
Happy Baking
AmyRuth
Bunny says
Amanda this is soooo pretty! I love this…another way to make upside down cake!
Ali says
Yum! I love the combo of raspberry and almonds!
Cheri Sicard says
The pineapples in pineapple upside down cake really caramelize well with the sugar, that’s what I love about that dessert. How do the raspberries do in that regard?
Lisa says
This looks awesome. I’m sure it owuld be good with ice cream too!