Apple Upside-Down Cake
A new holiday tradition.
Calories per serving: 345kcal
Ingredients
~~ -- The Upside-Down -- ~~
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, unsalted 1 stick
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 apple, cored, peeled, and sliced
~~ -- The Batter -- ~~
Instructions
- Gather your mise en place for the cake
- Gather your mise en place for the crumb topping
- Preheat the oven to 325 F/162 C for glass or 350 F/ 176 C for metal.
*** Make the Upside-Down ***
- Melt the butter in a saute pan and add the apples. Cook them until they have softened a bit, but not all the way. Carefully remove them from the pan and set them aside.
- Put the brown sugar in the bottom of a pie pan or tart pan. Flatten it out so it is well spread.
- Pour the butter that was in the pan on the brown sugar, trying to get as much covered as possible.
- Arrange the apples on top of the brown sugar and melted butter. Set aside.
*** Make the Batter ***
- Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and mace. Set aside.
- Beat together eggs and sugar until the egg mixture is light and smooth. Add the vanilla extract and beat.
- Add the oil and beat again.
- Slowly add the flour mixture, beating and scraping the sides of the bowl.
- Add the apple slices by hand and mix together.
- Set aside.
*** Make the Crumb ***
- Add the butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon to a small food processor. Process it just until it comes together into a nice crumble. Set aside
*** Assembly ***
- Pour the batter over the upside-down and use an offset spatula to flatten it out and make sure it''s all over.
- Put the crumb mixture on top of the batter.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove it from the oven and let it rest for about 10 minutes.
- Get a plate that is larger than your pan and put in upside-down on the top of the pan. Carefully invert the two and remove the pan leaving the upside-down cake.
Notes
You could also do this with a Bundt pan. You would do it in exactly the same order.
This would be excellent with a small scoop of vanilla ice cream when served.
This would be excellent with a small scoop of vanilla ice cream when served.
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