With the easy availability and low price of apples this time of year, this is a great recipe to have. It is a beautiful and delicious addition to a family get together or office party. Everybody has heard of pineapple upside down cake, but not many have ever heard of apple upside down cake, let alone eaten one!
I prefer to use Granny Smith apples when making this cake. They hold their shape and the tartness is a great counter balance for the spiced brown sugar. The original recipe did not call for ginger in the cake recipe, but I felt that the cake did not have enough defined flavor, so I tried a few different spices and ginger was the clear winner. Ginger flavor is perfect with the cinnamon flavored brown sugar.
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Directions:
Preheat over to 350 degrees
Place 4 tablespoons butter in a 9 inch cake pan and put it in the oven to melt.
Peel and core apples and slice about 1/4 inch thick
In a small bowl, mix the cinnamon with the brown sugar
Remove the cake pan with melted butter from the over
Sprinkle the brown sugar mixture lightly in to the butter on the bottom of the pan
Lay the apples in a pretty pattern and cover with the rest of the brown sugar mixture
With an electric mixer, mix the butter, sugar, vanilla and ginger and then add the egg
When these are combined, add the milk
Whisk the baking powder, salt and flour together and then add the flour a bit at a time, and beat until smooth
Pour the batter on top of the apples
Bake for 35 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean
Remove cake from oven and let cool for 5 minutes in the pan
Run a knife around the edges to loosen cake and invert onto a cooling rack
Serve hot, or let cool and serve with ice cream
Preheat over to 350 degrees
Place 4 tablespoons butter in a 9 inch cake pan and put it in the oven to melt.
Peel and core apples and slice about 1/4 inch thick
In a small bowl, mix the cinnamon with the brown sugar
Remove the cake pan with melted butter from the over
Sprinkle the brown sugar mixture lightly in to the butter on the bottom of the pan
Lay the apples in a pretty pattern and cover with the rest of the brown sugar mixture
With an electric mixer, mix the butter, sugar, vanilla and ginger and then add the egg
When these are combined, add the milk
Whisk the baking powder, salt and flour together and then add the flour a bit at a time, and beat until smooth
Pour the batter on top of the apples
Bake for 35 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean
Remove cake from oven and let cool for 5 minutes in the pan
Run a knife around the edges to loosen cake and invert onto a cooling rack
Serve hot, or let cool and serve with ice cream
| Personally, I prefer to eat this cake with ice cream. I think is is more delicious than apple pie with ice cream, especially when you sprinkle both with a liberal portion of chopped pecans! Have a great weekend! Jade :) |  |
There is one more thing I wanted to share with you all and that is this cake stand. I always wanted a cake stand, but two things held me back. First of all, handling my Mom's glass cake stand always terrified me, I was scared I would break it. Second, I never really had the cabinet space to justify having a large cake stand with cover that was not used that much. The piece below got rid of both of these problems.
First of all, it is acrylic, so you cannot break it and second, it is not just a cake stand! it is also a appetizer tray, a chip and dip server, a punch bowl AND a beautiful cake stand! Now that is something I am willing to use cabinet space for! Especially since today is it less than $20 dollars!
First of all, it is acrylic, so you cannot break it and second, it is not just a cake stand! it is also a appetizer tray, a chip and dip server, a punch bowl AND a beautiful cake stand! Now that is something I am willing to use cabinet space for! Especially since today is it less than $20 dollars!
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