Apple Upside-Down Cake

Title:
Apple Upside-Down Cake

Yield:
8 Servings

Categories:
Desserts,
Low-Fat,
Cake/cookie,
Pumpkin




Ingredients:





     2 tb + 1 tea unsalted butter


     5    Mc Intosh apples (1 3/4 lb)


          Peeled, cored, and cut into


          8 wedges each


   1/2 c  + 3 T. sugar


     1 lg Egg


   1/2 c  Buttermilk


     1 c  All-purpose flour


   1/2 ts Ground cinnamon


   1/2 ts Ground ginger


   1/8 ts Grond nutmeg


   1/2 ts Baking powder


   1/4 ts Salt


          Butter Flavored Spray






 Directions   Heat oven to 350. Lilghtly spray an 8 in. by 11/2 in round


 cake pan   with veg spray. set side.   In a large nonstick skillet, melt 1


 tea butter over medium-high heat.   Add the apples cut side down, and


 sprinkle them with 3 Tablespoons   sugar; cook until the apples are tender


 and caramelized, 4-5 minutes   on each side. Remove from heat   2. Arrange


 the apples, cut side down, in the cake pan so that they fit   snugly


 together.  Fill in any cracks with small pieces of apple, so   that the


 batter won't leak through.  Set pan aside   3. Melt remaining 2 T. butter;


 set aside.  Break egg into a food   processor; process for about 5 seconds,


 then while processor is   running, add melted butter and buttermilk,


 through feed tube. 4. In small bowl, whisk togeter flour, remaining sugar,


 spices, baking powder and salt. Add all dry ingredients to mixture in food


 processor. Cover and pulse until combined.  about 20 pulses.   5 Pour the


 batter over sliced apples, spread batter to completely   cover the apples


 with a spatula.   bake until golden and tester inserted in center comes out


 coean 40 -45   minutes.  Remove from oven and place on wire rack cool for


 about 15   minutes before inverting cake to serving plate.   Calories 219


 fat 1 gram   17 mg cholestrol, 122 mg sodium.   Source Martha Stewart


 Living Sept. issue submitted by marina tpo by marina


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #235


 


 Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 20:42:16 -0400


 


 From: kmeade@ids2.idsonline.com (The Meades)