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Apple Gingerbread Upside-Down Cake Recipe

Apple Gingerbread Upside-Down Cake

 

Apple Gingerbread Cake

Ingredients:

Apple Layer:

1/4 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 large apples, peeled and sliced

Gingerbread Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup hot water

Directions:

1. Pour butter into a 9-in. square baking pan; sprinkle with brown sugar.

2. Arrange apples cut side up in a single layer over sugar; set aside.

3. For gingerbread, in a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Beat in molasses.

4. Combine dry ingredients; add to sugar mixture alternately with hot water, beating well after each.

5. Pour over apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

6. Cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate.