Applesauce Upside Down Cake with Red Hots
Applesauce Upside Down Cake with Red Hots is a tasty treat for the fall season. Enjoy it warm with ice cream or serve it for Halloween.
Calories per serving: 492kcal
Ingredients
~~ -- For the Upside Down -- ~~
- 1 Apple, cored
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup Brown sugar
- ¼ cup Cinnamon candies, Red Hots recommended
~~ -- For thje Cake -- ~~
~~ -- Add-ins -- ~~
- ¼ cup Raisins
- ¼ cup Pecans, chopped
- ¼ cup Cinnamon candies, Red Hots recommended
Instructions
- Mise en place.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F / 176° C.
- First brush the melted butter on all sides of the pan. Be generous!
- Sprinkle the brown sugar on the butter. Sprinkle the cinnamon candies over the brown sugar as evenly as possible.
- Core the apple and cut it into eight pieces. Put one slice of apple in each of the large indentations of the pan. Set the pan aside while you make the batter.
- Sift the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, mace and salt together. Set that aside,.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter until it is fluffy.
- Add the sugar and beat until the mixture is light and very pale.
- Add the egg and beat until the mixture is light yellow.
- With the mixer running on stir, add a third of the flour followed by a third of the applesauce. Mix just until combined, then add another third flour, third applesuace, mix, and the last flour and applesauce. Mix until it is smooth and completely combined.
- Stir in the raisins, pecans and cinnamon candies so they are well distributed in the batter.
- Spoon the batter over the apples in the bundt pan as evenly as possible. Whack the pan on the counter once or twice to remove bubbles.
- Put the cake in the preheated 350°F / 176° C oven and bake for 40 minutes. Take a look and if it has not browned nicely, add another 10 minutes. Test it with a toothpick which should come out clean.
- Put the cake on a rack to cool for about 10 to 15 minutes. Do not remove it from the pan.
- After about 10 to 15 minutes, put a plate on the pan and carefully turn it over. Let it sit undisturbed for another 10 minutes. The cake should release during that time.
- Remove the pan. You may sprnkle powered sugar over it if you wish.
- It's ready to eat in about a half an hour while it's still warm. Enjoy!
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