Warm Apple-Cornmeal Upside Down Cake

Name: Warm Apple-Cornmeal Upside Down Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters all purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 larges eggs; 680 grams Braeburn or Golden Delicious apples (about 4 medium), peeled, quartered, cored, each quarter cut into 2 wedges; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 8 Tbsps (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 8 servings Vanilla ice cream; 118 milliliters boiling water; 79 milliliters whole milk; 79 milliliters yellow cornmeal

Warm Apple-Cornmeal Upside Down Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains around 6g of protein, 21g of fat, and a total of 422 calories. 1 person found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up golden tasty apples, vanillan extract, vanillan ice cream, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter 9-inch-diameter cake pan with 1 1/2-inch-high sides; line pan with 10-inch-diameter parchment paper round (parchment will come 1/2 inch up sides of pan). Butter parchment. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in 10-inch-diameter nonstick skillet over medium heat.

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Add 1/2 cup sugar and cook until sugar dissolves and mixture turns deep golden brown, stirring occasionally, about 6 minutes.

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Sugar

Add apple wedges and gently shake skillet to distribute caramel evenly. Cover and cook until apples release their juices, about 5 minutes. Uncover and cook until apples are tender and caramel thickens and coats apples, stirring occasionally, about 13 minutes.

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Caramel

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Shake

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Transfer apples and caramel syrup to prepared cake pan, spreading evenly.

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Caramel Sauce

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Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in small bowl to blend.

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Whisk

Bowl

Place cornmeal in large bowl; pour 1/2 cup boiling water over and stir to blend.

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Add 6 tablespoons butter and 3/4 cup sugar to cornmeal mixture. Using electric mixer, beat until well blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk in 2 additions each.

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Vanilla

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Pour batter over apples in pan.

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Apple

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Bake cake until golden and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool cake in pan 5 minutes. Run small knife between cake and pan sides to loosen cake. Carefully invert cake onto ovenproof or microwavable platter and peel off parchment. Cool 15 minutes. (Cake can be made up to 6 hours ahead. Rewarm in 350°F oven about 10 minutes or microwave on medium just until slightly warm, about 2 minutes.)

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