Chocolate Apricot Upside-Down Cake

1/4 c Butter or margarine; melted

1/3 c Packed light brown sugar

1/4 c Chopped pecans

17 oz Canned apricot halves;

-drained 1 c All-purpose flour

1/3 c Hershey`s cocoa

Or hershey`s european style -cocoa 1 1/4 ts Baking powder

1/4 ts Salt

1 c Granulated sugar

1/2 c Butter or margarine

2 Eggs

1/2 c Milk

1 ts Vanilla extract

Cinnamon speckled whipped -topping: =(recipe follows) Recipe by: www.hersheys.com Heat oven to 375°F. In 9-inch round or 9-inch square baking pan, melt 1/4 cup butter in oven. Remove from oven. Add brown sugar; mix well. Spread evenly over bottom of pan. Arrange apricots in pan with rounded side down. Sprinkle pecans around apricots. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar and butter. Add eggs; beat well. Add flour mixture alternately with milk and vanilla; beat until blended. Spread batter evenly over apricots. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately invert cake onto serving plate. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature with CINNAMON SPECKLED WHIPPED TOPPING. 8 servings. CINNAMON SPECKLED WHIPPED TOPPING: In small bowl, combine 1 cup (1/2 pt.) cold whipping cream, 3 tablespoons powdered sugar and 1/8 teaspoon ground

cinnamon; beat until stiff. About 2 cups topping. JMHershey`s is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation. This recipe may be reprinted (with attribution) courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens. -----