Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake
This is a decadent tasty apple dessert. I decided to dice my apples but the next time I make this I will try both dicing and thinly slicing to see what I prefer the most. The cake is simple, caramel apple base, and a moist vanilla layer! Absolutely perfect.
Ingredients
Caramel
- 1 cup of granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cold water
Apples
- 2-3 apples peeled and diced to 1 cm cubes
- 1 tablespoon butter
Batter
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups of all purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom (optional
- 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup whole milk
Instructions
Make Caramel
- Add sugar to a small saucepan and add 1/4 cup of cold water. :eave it on the heat on low to medium, without stirring, for about 8 minutes until it is fully melts and it turns an amber colour.
- All your heavy cream and stir vigorously because mixture will likely bubble very quickly and may bubble over if you don’t work fast.
- When fully emulsified, add your butter and sti in a cook for an additional 2 minutes, stirring.
- Just before you remove from heat, add you salt and mix to combine. Pour into a heat safe container and set aside to cool to room temp.
Sautee Apples
- After you peel and dice your apples, place then in a pan with a tablespoon of butter.
- Stir until butter is melted and the apples begin to cook down slightly. You can remove apples from the pan after about 5 minutes.
Make Cake
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- Prepare a 9-inch baking pan but buttering it and lining the bottom with parchment paper.
- In your prepared pan, pour 2/3 of the total caramel you made and follow with your diced apples. Set aside while you make the batter.
- In a small bowl mix together your flour, salt, baking powder, and cardamom and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, beat together your white sugar, and 1/2 cup of butter, add your egg and beat then add vanilla. You can do this by hand or use a hand mixer to mix ingredients together.
- Add your flour mixture and gradually add your milk to your butter and sugar mixture and mix until combined.
- Pour your cake batter over your caramel and apples and bake in your preheated oven for 45 - 50 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven, and let rest for 10 minutes and when it is still hot, use plate to flip over the cake, peel off parchment and serve warm!
- Tope your cake with the leftover 1/3 of caramel and dig in!
- I like to serve this with whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream.