Apple Upside-down Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup butter, cut up
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 6 small cooking apples, halved, stems removed, cored (1-1/4 to 1-1/2 lb.)
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• vanilla ice cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f place 1/3 cup butter in a 9x9x2-inch baking pan. place in oven 5 minutes or until butter melts. sprinkle brown sugar over butter; stir. arrange 9 apple halves in mixture, cut sides down. bake in oven 10 to 15 minutes or until bubbly.
• 2 meanwhile, peel remaining apples. coarsely shred; set aside. in bowl combine flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, ginger, and cinnamon. add shredded apple, milk, 1/4 cup butter, egg, and vanilla. beat with electric mixer on low until combined; beat on medium 1 minute. spoon over apples, spread evenly (apple may be exposed; some butter may come to surface).
• 3 bake 35 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes. loosen edges; invert onto platter. spoon any topping in pan over top. cool 20 minutes; serve with ice cream. makes 9 servings.