Apple Upside-Down Cake
A classic upside-down cake with caramelized apples and warm cinnamon spice. The apples cook in homemade caramel before being topped with tender cake batter.
35 mins
Ingredients
Caramel
Cake
Equipment Needed
- skillet
- cake tin or bundt pan
Ingredients
Caramel
Cake
Equipment Needed
- skillet
- cake tin or bundt pan
Instructions
Prepare the Caramelized Apples
- 1
Make caramel
In a skillet, cook sugar and water until a light caramel forms.
- 2
Cook apples
Add apples and cook apples in hot caramel sauce.
- 3
Transfer to pan
Remove from heat and transfer to a buttered and floured mold, like a cake tin or bundt pan. Make sure apple pieces lie as flat as possible at the bottom.
Make the Cake Batter
- 1
Mix eggs and cinnamon
In a bowl, mix eggs and cinnamon well with a whisk, about 1 minute.
- 2
Add wet ingredients
Add vanilla, sugar, oil/butter and water/milk and mix again until all ingredients have come fully together.
- 3
Combine dry ingredients
Mix flour, baking powder and salt, and then pour that dry mix into the wet and stir together until well mixed.
- 4
Pour batter
Pour batter over apples. Spread evenly.
Bake
- 1
Bake cake
Bake at 350°F for 35 minutes.
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