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KAF- Apple Upside-Down Cake

KAF- Apple Upside-Down Cake Recipe

Tangy, sweet, spicy, gooey, and super-duper scrumptious. For best results, spring for the boiled cider; this tasty syrup is the essence of apples. Use it in all your apple desserts, atop oatmeal or ice cream, or in yogurt or smoothies; it stays fresh forever in the fridge
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: < 4 Hours, Apple, Dessert, Fruit
Prep Time: 35 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 1 cake
Calories: 617.8kcal

Ingredients

Topping

  • 2 medium apples
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 2 tablespoons boiled cider or 2 tablespoons thawed apple juice concentrate
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup light corn syrup
  • cake
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 2 tablespoons boiled cider or 2 tablespoons thawed apple juice concentrate
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 cups king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 large apple, peeled and finely chopped
  • 3/4 cup chopped pecans (optional) or 3/4 cup walnuts (optional)

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F Lightly grease a 9" round cake pan at least 2" deep. Line the bottom with parchment, and grease the parchment.
  • Slice the top, including the stem, off one of the apples and set it aside before peeling and slicing the rest of the apples into 1/4" thick wedges.
  • Place the apple top, stem side down, in the middle of the pan, and overlap the rest of the apple wedges in a ring around it.
  • TOPPING:
  • Prepare the topping by heating the butter, sugar, boiled cider, cinnamon, and corn syrup together over low heat, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
  • Pour 1/2 cup of the syrup mixture into the prepared pan (over the apples), and set the rest aside.
  • CAKE:
  • Beat the oil, brown sugar, boiled cider, eggs, spices, and salt together for 2 minutes at medium speed
  • Mix the flour with the baking soda, and stir it into the batter.
  • Add the chopped apple and nuts, and mix until just blended.
  • Drop scoops of the batter atop the apples in the pan, gently spreading to cover.
  • Bake the cake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted near the center comes out clean.
  • Remove the cake from the oven, and run a thin spatula around the edge to loosen.
  • Let the cake cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn it out onto a serving plate, bottom side up.
  • Scrape out any sauce that remains in the pan, and spread it over the cake.
  • Reheat the reserved topping if needed.
  • If butter starts to separate as you reheat, add water by the teaspoon and stir until the butter rejoins the rest of the sauce.
  • Pour the sauce over the cake.
  • Serve cake warm or at room temperature, with whipped cream if desired.

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Nutrition

Serving: 174g | Calories: 617.8kcal | Carbohydrates: 92.2g | Protein: 4.3g | Fat: 27.8g | Saturated Fat: 6.8g | Cholesterol: 61.8mg | Sodium: 399.1mg | Fiber: 2.7g | Sugar: 60.1g