This cake has dried apricots for the topping that are cooked in a carbonated beverage. Flavor of the beverage adds subtle tartness to the brown sugar sauce topping. Ingredients include: 1 bottle 7-Up, 1 cup dried apricots, 1 package white cake mix, 1 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup butter or margarine. Simmer beverage with apricots 20 minutes. Meanwhile mix cake according to package directions. Stir brown sugar and butter into apricot sauce and continue cooking to melt butter. Pour sauce over bottom of 9x12x2" baking pan. Top with batter. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 45 minutes. Invert and serve upside down.
From The Dallas Times Herald 1958
