Apple Upside Down Cake
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing the pan
- 1⁄3 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 2 large crisp apples, such as Granny Smith, peeled, cored and cut into 1/2- to 1-inch cubes
- 1⁄2 cup coarsely chopped hazelnuts or 1/2 cup almonds
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cardamom or 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Butter a deep (at least 2 inches) 9-inch round cake pan.
- In a medium saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons of the butter.
- Add the brown sugar and maple syrup and stir over medium heat until the sugar bubbles.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the apples, nuts, lemon juice, cardamom and a pinch of salt.
- Spread the mixture over the bottom of the prepared cake pan.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
- Set aside.
- In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the remaining 8 tablespoons of butter just until smooth.
- Add the granulated sugar and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and beat until incorporated.
- Mix in the vanilla.
- Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour mixture to the batter in 3 parts alternating with the buttermilk in 3 parts.
- Mix until the ingredients are just combined.
- Turn off the mixer and finish mixing the batter by hand with a large rubber spatula until the flour is fully incorporated.
- Drop the batter by spoonfuls onto the apple-nut mixture and spread to fill the pan.
- Don't worry if the layer of batter is uneven; it will even out during baking.
- Slide the cake into the oven and bake until golden and the center springs back when lightly touched, about 35 minutes.
- Let the cake cool on a wire rack for about 5 minutes, then flip the pan over onto a serving plate.
- Let the cake sit upside down for a moment, then pull the pan away.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
dojemi
United States