Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake

I love this recipe… its as easy to make as pineapple upside down…. great flavor, Hope you like it!

Ingredients

  • Topping:
  • 1/4 Cup butter or margarine
  • 2/3 Cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 Medium apples, peeled, cut into ½-inch wedges
  • Cake:
  • 1 1/3 Cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
  • 1 Teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 Teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 325ºF. Spray bottom and sides of 8- or 9-inch square pan with cooking spray.

In 1-quart saucepan, melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Stir in brown sugar. Heat to boiling; remove from heat. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Pour into pan; spread evenly. Arrange apple wedges over brown sugar mixture, overlapping tightly and making 2 layers if necessary.

In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and the salt; set aside. In large bowl, beat 1 cup granulated sugar and 1/2 cup butter with electric mixer on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until smooth. Add vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture alternately with milk, beating after each addition until smooth. Spread batter over apple wedges in brown sugar mixture.

Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on cooling rack 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat whipping cream on high speed until it begins to thicken. Gradually add 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, beating until soft peaks form.

Run knife around sides of pan to loosen cake. Place heatproof serving plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Remove pan. Serve warm cake with whipped cream. Store cake loosely covered

Comments (11)

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Sorry, addendum: the cut and paste didnt come out right...

Topping: 3 -4 Tablespoons butter cold cut into chunks 1/2 Cup packed brown sugar 1/2 Teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 Medium apples, peeled, cut into ½-inch wedges Cake: 1 1/2 Cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour 1 Teaspoon baking powder ½ tsp cinnamon ½ tsp salt 1/3 cup soft butter 1 egg ½ Cup milk Heat oven to 350°F. Place 1/2 cup brown sugar in small bowl; cut in 3 tablespoons butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press onto bottom of greased 9-inch round cake pan. Arrange apple slices on top. Set aside.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Set aside.

Combine 2/3 cup brown sugar and 1/3 cup butter in another medium bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add egg and vanilla; continue beating until smooth. Add flour mixture alternately with milk until well mixed.

Spoon batter over apple layer; spread evenly. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; invert onto serving plate. Serve warm or cool.

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So, is the top one totally wrong? The first one says cook the butter and brown sugar and the updated one says cut into, or would it matter... A few other discrepancies just trying to clarify.

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If you read the whole recipe, you would see that although the ingredients for the cake were incomplete, when reading the method, the eggs, etc. were included.

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Ok, this recipe sounds delicious to me and I am trying to make it..however the ingreident amounts in the two recipes are not the same at all..and how it is put together. I already used the brown sugar and butter from the 1st one and melted the butter and mixed the brown sugar in..then put it in the pan...now I am reading to mix the butter in and make it crumbly and press in. The ingredients listing does not show any sugar at all for the cake and the first instructions say 1 cup granulated sugar and the 2nd instructions say 2/3 cup brown sugar. Please help me. I really want to make this cake.

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First one says 325 deg. Second one says 350?? In the first it says 1 cup granulated sugar, 1/3 cup butter, eggs-plural, and vanilla. The addendum says 2/3 cup BROWN sugar (in directions only - not in ingredient list), 1/2 cup butter, ONE egg and no vanilla listed. HELP!!

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I would use my own cake recipe,  I did this but I used canNed peaches,  and added the peach juice to the cake batter ..... it was FABULOUS