Apple Pecan Raisin Upside Down Cake

After baking, turn this delicious cake upside down onto a serving platter. The apple nut topping and sauce will fall onto the top of the cake. Serve warm with whipped cream.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Yields: 1 10" cake

Ingredients

• 3  apples, peeled and diced
• 1  cup raisins
• 1⁄3 cup butter, melted
• 1⁄2 cup light brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped pecans
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2⁄3 cup milk
• 1  egg
• 1⁄3 cup shortening
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Mix together in a heavy skillet the first five ingredients (apples thru pecans).
2. Simmer for 10 minutes and cool.
3. Mix together remaining ingredients and beat until well blended.
4. Pour batter over apple mixture and bake at 350° for 50 minutes.
5. Turn cake upside down onto plate immediately.
6. Leave for a few minutes so all the apples and sauce will fall onto the cake.