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Apple Cinnamon Upside Down Cake

A nice tender cake with the consistency of a coffee cake. Topped with a delectable cinnamon, nutmeg, buttery brown sugar sauce that coats all those delicious apples and walnuts. What could be better? Nothing. Nothing could be better! Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time1 hour 25 minutes
Servings: 8 Servings

Ingredients

Cake

Instructions

  • Place the butter in the cast iron skillet or baking dish and place in the oven to melt the butter.
  • When melted, add the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and walnuts. Stir to well combine then place back in the oven for a few minutes for the brown sugar to melt. Remove from oven.
  • Generously cut those apples into large one inch slices. They will cook down a lot! Arrange the apple slices over the top of the brown sugar sauce and set the pan aside while preparing the cake.

Cake

  • In a medium size bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl combine the sugar, butter and shortening. Using an electric mixer, beat until fluffy; about 2 minutes.
  • Add eggs, one at at time and beat until well incorporated and smooth. Stir in the vanilla.
  • The batter will be thick.
  • Carefully and slowly spread the batter evenly over the apple mixture in the skillet.
  • Bake for 55 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Doesn't that look awesome? Remove from the oven and set on a cooling rack for 15 minutes.
  • Run a knife around the outside edge of the skillet or baking dish. Using a plate that fits over your skillet/baking dish, carefully invert the skillet so that the cake drops onto the plate. Don't fret if some of the topping sticks to the pan. Just take a spoon or a spatula and patch it up! I don't spend one minute worrying about that.
  • Serve as is, or do as Sparky does. Liberally apply as much whipped cream as you can. Add more whipped cream as you deplete your supply!
  • Once again, thank you so much for stopping by today. I truly enjoy sharing my passion for life and cooking with you all. Remember that old adage "an apple a day keeps the doctor away?" Well, let's do our best to keep healthy by eating apples!
  • Until next time, journey on! Hugs and much love from me, Karen, TJG Please: stop by my website which is so very different from my Facebook page. Leave me a comment when you have a minute. www.thejourneygirl.com