Cherry Upside Down Cake.. - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
14 ounces sour pie cherries, drained
1 3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup oil
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
CHERRY SAUCE
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 cups cherry juice
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 tablespoons butter, softened
red food coloring, if desired

Preparation

have ingredients at room temperature --
butter a 12x8 pan.sprinkle brown sugar over bottom of pan -- add drained cherries.
sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
add to oil and milk and vanillla -- beat for 1 1/2 minutes or batter is well blended.
add egg, unbeaten, and beat for another 1 1/2 minutes.
pour over cherries in pan --
bake at 350* for 35-45 minutes --
CHERRY SAUCE:.
you will need to put reserved cherry juice, drained from cherries into a 2 cup measuring cup -- and add enough water to equal 1 1/2 cups juice -- ,
pour into a medium saucepan -- add sugar, and cornstarch -- cook till thickened -- stirring constantly --
remove from heat and add almond extract, butter and red food coloring, if desired --
stir well to combine -- and butter melted.
serve warm over warm cake --
I can hear my husband sigh!