The Perfect Maple Apple Upside Down Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- Apple · peeled diced4–5
- Butter155 ml
- Splash Acerum or other brown spirit
- Maple syrup75 ml
- Brown sugar60 ml
- Sugar½ cups
- Egg2
- Vanilla5 ml
- Flour250 ml
- Salt
- Baking soda5 ml
- Baking powder2 ml
- Nutmeg · grated2 ml
- Cinnamon · ground10 ml
- Sour cream125 ml
- Pecan · chopped250 ml
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Heat a 10-inch ovenproof pan over medium heat.
- Add 2 Tbsp butter, swirl to coat, and cook the apples in it until golden brown.
- Splash in the Acerum and flambé.
- Transfer the apples to a plate.
- Add the maple syrup to the pan over medium heat, swirling occasionally, until thick and bubbling in a thin layer.
- Let the caramel cool in the pan.
- Meanwhile, mix the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Cream the butter and both sugars in a mixer, then beat in the eggs one at a time.
- Add the vanilla and mix until smooth.
- Mix in the flour mixture alternating with the sour cream, then fold in the pecans just until combined.
- Arrange the apple pieces over the cooled caramel in the pan.
- Spread the batter over the apples to cover them evenly.
- Bake 30–40 minutes, until the centre springs back when gently pressed.
- Flip the cake onto a wire rack to release and cool.
Summarized from Glen & Friends Cooking's video. Watch it for the details.
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