Apple-Honey Upside-Down Cakes

Name: Apple-Honey Upside-Down Cakes
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 2 larges eggs, at room temperature; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 large Granny Smith apple; 177 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice (from 1 medium lemon); 59 milliliters orange blossom honey; 1 teaspoon packed finely grated orange zest (from 1 medium orange); 1 teaspoons fine salt; 8 Tbsps unsalted butter (1 stick), at room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 79 milliliters toasted whole almonds, coarsely chopped; 59 milliliters whole milk, at room temperature

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Apple-Honey Upside-Down Cakes A mixture of baking powder, salt, flour, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Instructions

Heat the oven to 325°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Coat 6 (6-ounce) ramekins with butter and evenly space them on a baking sheet. Divide almonds among the ramekins.Peel, core, and cut the apple into medium dice.

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Almonds

Butter

Apple

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Baking Sheet

Ramekin

Oven

Place in a medium, nonreactive bowl, add 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice, and toss to combine; set aside.Melt butter in a medium frying pan over medium-high heat until foaming.

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Lemon Juice

Butter

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Frying Pan

Bowl

Add sugar, honey, and salt and stir to combine. Cook, swirling the pan occasionally, until mixture just starts to turn a light caramel color, about 5 minutes.

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Caramel Color

Honey

Sugar

Salt

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Frying Pan

Add the remaining 1 teaspoon lemon juice and stir to combine.

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Lemon Juice

Place flour, orange zest, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a medium bowl and whisk to aerate and break up any lumps; set aside.

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Baking Powder

Orange Zest

Cinnamon

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Place butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and beat on medium high until light in color and fluffy, about 2 minutes.

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Butter

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add sugar and vanilla and continue to beat until incorporated and fluffy, about 3 minutes more.

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Vanilla

Sugar

Add eggs one at a time, letting the first incorporate before adding the second. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl and the paddle with a rubber spatula.Return the mixer to low speed, add the milk, and mix until just incorporated.

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Egg

Milk

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Spatula

Blender

Bowl

Add the reserved flour mixture and mix until just incorporated, about 30 seconds; do not overmix. Evenly spoon the batter over the apples and smooth the tops.

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Apple

All Purpose Flour

Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Immediately run a knife around the perimeter of each cake. Using a dry kitchen towel to grasp the ramekins, invert the hot cakes onto serving plates.

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Kitchen Towels