Upside-Down Apple Cakes

Submitted by Chef mariajane

"For these upside-down mini apple cakes, use a regular muffin pan,. Chopped hothouse rhubarb can be sutstituted for the sliced apples , So Goood also!!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3 small sliced peeled apples
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg or 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

• BATTER

• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 tablespoon lemon rind, grated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

directions

1. Brush bottoms and sides of 12-cup muffin pan with butter, Divide apples among cups, cutting to fit. Combine brown sugar and nutmeg; sprinkle over apples in each cup.
2. BATTER: In a small bowl, stir together sugar, oil, egg, applesauce, lemon rind, and vanilla until blended.
3. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt; stir in liquid mixture and combine. Spoon batter evenly over apples in each cup.
4. Bake in 350F oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
5. Let cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes. Run thin metal spatula around edge of cups and turn out. Serve warm.

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

Made a double batch of these for my other half to take to a weekly meeting he attends, but kept 4 of the 'muffin' cakes here for us ~ Well, there're only 2 left & he's still at the meeting, so I might just manage yet another one! Much enjoyed putting these little tasties together, & will deinitely do them again another time! I usually have homemade applesauce around so used some of that in this recipe! Another time I might try making them in an extra large muffin pan! Thanks for sharing! [Made & reviewed in New Kids on the Block tag]