Happy New Year 🙂 A special day calls for a special dessert. Caramelized Apple Upside-down cake is a perfect dessert for welcoming a new year:-) Recently I had Pineapple upside-down cake and was so tempted to try it in the home. Since I didn't have pineapple, I thought of using apples for my cake. When I searched for the recipe I found an upside-down cake recipe in the "Laura in the kitchen" channel. Followed her recipe with a few changes
Other cake recipes in TMF
Caramel based recipes in TMF

Ingredients
For the caramel:
- Light brown sugar - 1/3 cup
- Butter - 4 tbsp
- Cinnamon powder - 1/8 tsp
- Apple - 2 peeled, cored, thinly sliced
For the cake:
- All-purpose flour - 1 cup + 1/3 cup
- Apple - 1/4 cup peeled, cored, finely chopped
- Baking powder - 1 tsp
- Nutmeg powder - 1/8 tsp
- Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp
- Salt - 1/4 tsp
- Brown sugar - 1 cup
- Butter - 1/2 cup melted at room temperatures
- Eggs - 2
- Vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp
- Milk - 1/3 cup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Add parchment paper to the baking tray and grease it with butter/cooking spray. In a saucepan melt butter over medium heat until melted. Add the brown sugar. Bring it to a boil and remove it from heat. Pour into the bottom of the greased pan. Arrange the apples circularly over the brown sugar mixture
- Sieve flour, baking powder, and salt 2-3 times and keep aside. In a large bowl, beat sugar and butter on medium speed until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat till the mixture becomes pale. Add milk and mix well
- Add flour in small portions and gently mix without beating heavily. Add chopped apples and transfer the batter over the apple layer; spread evenly
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10-15 minutes and invert gently. Run knife along the edges of the cake and flip upside down on a pan
Notes
- Instead of apple, pineapple, peaches, and any firm fruits can be used
- A few drops of lemon juice can be added to prevent Chopped apples from turning brown when kept for a long time
- Instead of baking them in a cake pan, can also bake them in a muffin tray for individual serving
- The cake tastes great with whipped cream. Beat whipping cream on high until soft peaks start to form, and add sugar
- Self-raising flour can be used instead of all-purpose flour and baking powder
Wheat flour can be used instead of all-purpose flour
Ingredients:
For the caramel: Light brown sugar - 1/3 cup Butter - 4 tablespoon Cinnamon powder - 1/8 teaspoon Apple - 2, peeled, cored, thinly sliced
For the cake:
All-purpose flour - 1 cup + 1/3 cup Apple - 1/4 cup, peeled, cored, finely chopped Baking powder - 1 teaspoon Nutmeg powder - 1/8 teaspoon Cinnamon powder - 1/4 teaspoon Salt - 1/4 teaspoon Brown sugar - 1 cup Butter - 1/2 cup, melted at room temperatures Eggs - 2 Vanilla extract - 1/2 teaspoon Milk - 1/3 cup Method:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Add parchment paper to the baking tray and grease it with butter/cooking spray. In a saucepan melt butter over medium heat until melted. Add the brown sugar. Bring it to a boil and remove it from heat. Pour into the bottom of the greased pan. Arrange the apples circularly over the brown sugar mixture
- Sieve flour, baking powder, and salt 2-3 times and keep aside. In a large bowl, beat sugar and butter on medium speed until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat till the mixture becomes pale. Add milk and mix well
- Add flour in small portions and gently mix without beating heavily. Add chopped apples and transfer the batter over the apple layer; spread evenly
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10-15 minutes and invert gently. Run knife along the edges of the cake and flip upside down on a pan
Yum!!! Happy New Year.
Thanku Suzanne:-) wish you the same
A great way to start the new year. Happy New ayear. May you be blessed with the best life has to offer. 🙂
Thanks a lot Aruna for your lovely wishes:-)
Thanku Aruna:-)
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Anytime, love your blog.
Thanku:-)
Happy New Year. Nice cake!
Thanku and wish u the same:-)
Healthy & a perfect new year recipe.............happy new year to you.
Thanku Shobha:-) happy new year
Hello Maam,
Firstly wishing you and your Family A Very Happy New Year !! 🙂
& being a foodie and a food lover I am always in search of such blogs and I hopped in to ur fantastic blog, its superb..
I have bought apples and will tell my mumma to make one for me (off course it contains eggs but i know she must be having something to substitute it with Banana or yogurt)...
Anyways going through the eggless cake too !!! 🙂
Thanks for sharing maam
Have a wonderful day Ahead
Regards
Bhavikk Shah
Thanku:-) you can replace egg with yogurt/ apple cider vinegar/apple sauce
Yummmyyyy
Thanku:-)
Yumm...yummm...yummilicious 😀
Thanku SKD:-)
Thanku dear:-)
Happy new year to you too Vidya 🙂 May the new year bring you lot of happiness... 🙂
The cake looks yummy!
Thanku Sindhu:-) wish you a happy new year
Gorgeous, I make something very similar - the juices from all the fruit and syrup are amazing aren't they? Happy New Year!
Oh yes Loretta, fruit juice gives nice flavour to the cake:-) thanku
Great cake 🙂 Looks great
Thanku Sri:-)
Upside down cakes are my most favourite! Love the caramel apple flavour, looks amazing!
Thanku Jessica:-)
this cake looks incredibly moist and delicious! happy new year!
Thanku Sarah:-) happy new year
Greeting the New Year with a tasty cake! I like it! Warm wishes for 2015 and expecting loads of posts!
Thanku Sridevi:-) wish you a happy new year
My family loves this cake as it does not have any buttercream which they for some reason are too unfamiliar with and have never grown to like it, I have never made it at home so thank you for sharing 🙂
Do try and I am sure your family would love it:-)thanku
I like the idea of this in a muffin tray. A friend and I are going to do some cooking and baking together and this may be a good choice for us - I'm the cook, she's the baker and we are going to join forces! This sounds amazing and not too difficult for me under her tutelage!
I am glad you like it:-) hope you and your friend have a great time baking this cake.. Happy cooking
Happy New Year and the Cake looks gorgeous 🙂
Thanku Linda:-) happy new year
Wow! Looks fab!!! Happy New Year x
Thanku Elaine:-)happy new year
Wow looks and sounds delicious V... yummm...
Thanku Chitra:-)
Please pass me a slice dear! 😀
Happy new year ! 😀
I wish I could send you dear:-) happy new year
apple and cinnamon - yum! I would so be tempted to make this if I wasn't trying to hard to lose weight this year!
Thanku Corina:-) glad you like it do try
Lovely cake,looks so gorgeous
Thanku Jayanthi:-)
Delicious-looking cake! We enjoy cooking with fruit - I'm sure we may try this recipe 🙂
Thanku:-) Do try I am sure you will enjoy it
This cake looks absolutely delicious 🙂 Happy New Year- really all the best you can only think of- I hope it will come true for you xx
Thanku Marta:-)
This looks so delicious! I have not made an upside down cake in years, but I'm going to try this version. Thank you. 🙂
Thanku:-) Glad you liked it:-) do try and let me know
Hi Vidya, I somehow became busy with all of the hustle of study and life (playing a lot of chess recently!) and have not visited for a while, but I really do like this latest post for its adaptive idea and I also like your notes at the bottom, very helpful.
Over Chrismas break, I had a terrible failure with a new pizza stone that got washed (by someone!) in soap, big mistake! When we used it next, it filled the kitchen with plastic smelling smoke... Alas, that pizza stone is toast, I trow. However, I have been trying my hand at tom kha soup with some success, so I am happy about that.
By the way, what is your thought on reviving a pizza stone that has been tainted with soap?
Best,
D
Sorry I haven't used pizza stone
Looks yummy. I have tried with the pineapple pieces. Happy 2015! 🙂
Thanku Chandrika:-) glad you liked it
Fabulous way to start the new year, Vidya. Cake looks healthy and delish. Wish you a prosperous year ahead with more success in blogging!
Thanku Apsara:-)