Fresh Apricot Upside-Down Cake

Ingredients

• 2 large eggs
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 10 small (2- to 2 1/4-inch) fresh apricots (1 1/4 lb)
• ¾ cup light brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• + 7 more ingredients
• • ¼ teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • 1 10-inchwell-seasoned cast-iron or heavy nonstick skillet (at least 2 inches deep)
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup unsalted butter

Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat butter in skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides. Reduce heat to low and sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter, then cook, undisturbed, 3 minutes (not all of sugar will be melted). Remove skillet from heat and arrange apricot halves, cut sides down, close tog...

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