GINGERED APPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

GINGERED APPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE RECIPE
       
Featured In: 28 Best Fall Cakes

MAKES: 8 servings

TOTAL TIME:
Prep: 30 min. Bake: 30 min.+ cooling

 VERIFIED BY Taste of Home Test Kitchen

INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup butter, cubed
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon finely chopped crystallized ginger
2 large apples, peeled and cut into 1/8-in. slices

BATTER:
1/4 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup 2% milk

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375°. Place butter in a 9-in. round baking pan; heat in oven until melted. Tilt pan to coat bottom and sides. Sprinkle brown sugar and ginger onto bottom of pan. Arrange apple slices in circles over brown sugar mixture.

For batter, in a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, ginger and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Spoon over apples.

Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm. Yield: 8 servings.

Originally published as Gingered Apple Upside-Down Cake in Taste of Home September/October 2013, pmk


NUTRITIONAL FACTS
1 slice: 336 calories, 13g fat (8g saturated fat), 84mg cholesterol, 291mg sodium, 51g carbohydrate (31g sugars, 1g fiber), 5g protein.