APPLE GINGER UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

APPLE GINGER UPSIDE DOWN CAKE image

Number Of Ingredients 17

TOPPING
1/4 c butter (melted)
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
4 large Granny Smith apples (about 28 ounces), peeled, quartered, cored, cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges
3 tablespoons minced crystallized ginger
1 tbsp lemon juice
BATTER
3/4 c sugar
1/2 C butter
1 egg
1 ts vanilla
11/3 c flour
2 ts baking powder
1/4 ts salt
3/4 c milk
2 tbsp crystalline ginger finely chopped

Steps:

Melt butter in saucepan and mix with sugar. Spread evenly on bottom of 9" cake pan. Spread apples evenly on top 2 layers. Sprinkle with lemon juice and ginger. Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating until light. Beat in egg and vanilla. Sift flour, baking powder and salt and ginger. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk to creamed mixture. Spread batter evenly over apple layer. Bake at 350 for 50-55mins. Let cool 10 mins. Turn out onto large flat plate. Serve warm with whipped cream with hint of calvados.