Apple Wedge Maple Syrup Upside Down Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon rum
• 2 1/4 medium apples, peeled
• 1/3 cup butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, seperated
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 3/4 cup grated apple

Recipe

• 1 melt 3 tbs butter in an 8" x 8" pan.
• 2 with a small piece of wax paper, butter the sides as well.
• 3 add the syrup.
• 4 remove from heat and sprinkle in the rum.
• 5 divide apple into eighths, core and arrange in neat rows in syrup mixture.
• 6 cream 1/3 cup butter, add 1/2 cup sugar and beat until light.
• 7 beat in egg yolks, one at a time.
• 8 sift together dry ingredients and add alternately to creamed mixture with milk.
• 9 stir in grated apple.
• 10 beat egg whites stiff.
• 11 beat in remaining 1/4 cup sugar, and fold gently into batter.
• 12 spread batter evenly over apples in pan.
• 13 bake 350*f oven for 40 to 45 minutes.
• 14 let stand 5 minutes, then invert onto a flat cake plate.
• 15 serve hot or warm with whipped cream.