Chocolate Upside Down Cake

0 Preheat the oven to 350F.
1 Spray a 9 inch, high sided cake pan with cooking spray.
2 Cover the bottom with a parchment circle and spray again.
3 Sprinkle parchment with the chopped pecans.
4 Set aside.
5 Pour the sweetened condensed milk in a microwave safe bowl.
6 Add the chocolate.
7 Microwave for 30 seconds, stir, and then microwave a few more seconds until the chocolate is melted.
8 Stir the mixture to make it smooth and carefully pour over the pecans in the cake pan.
9 Set aside.
10 Add the butter and sugar to the bowl of a mixer.
11 Beat until light and fluffy.
12 Add the eggs, one at a time.
13 Add the vanilla  -- beat thoroughly.
14 Mix the flour with the salt and baking powder.
15 Add the flour and milk alternately to the butter mixture beginning and ending with the flour.
16 Spoon the batter over the top of the chocolate.
17 Bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick pushed in the center comes out clean.
18 Do not overbake.
19 When cake is done remove from the oven and let stand for around 5 minutes.
20 Run a knife around the edge of the cake to loosen it from the pan.
21 Place a cake plate over the cake pan and then invert to remove the cake.