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Top view of an apple upside-down cake on a white plate placed on a wooden surface. The cake is arranged with evenly distributed apple slices on top, glazed to a golden brown. Beside the plate are two green apples and one red apple.
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Upside-Down Apple Cake Recipe

Prep Time50 minutes
WORK TIME20 minutes
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 yields

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • ¾ cup 170g butter, softened
  • ¾ cup 150g sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • ½ cup 120ml Milk
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 1¾ cups 220g Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon

For the apple caramel layer:

  • ¼ cup 60g Butter, melted
  • ½ cup 100g light brown sugar
  • 2-3 Apples

Instructions

  • DIRECTIONS
    1. Preheat oven to 350F (175C). Grease a 9-inch (23cm) springform pan.
    2. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar, add eggs, one at the time and beat until combined. add milk, vanilla extract and beat until combined. add flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and stir until incorporated. set aside.
    3. Make the caramel: In a small bowl stir melted butter and brown sugar. Transfer to the prepared pan.
    4. Peel the apples and thinly slice. Arrange the apples over the caramel in a circular pattern with each one overlapping the other. Repeat until the entire bottom of the pan is covered.
    5. Pour cake batter on top of apples and smooth the top of the batter
    6. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven, allow to cool for 3-5 minutes, turn out onto serving platter. Let cool slightly before serving.

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