Apple Wedge Maple Syrup Upside Down Cake Recipes

APPLE WEDGE MAPLE SYRUP UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Melt 3 TBS butter in an 8" X 8" pan.
• With a small piece of wax paper, butter the sides as well.
• Add the syrup.
• Remove from heat and sprinkle in the rum.
• Divide apple into eighths, core and arrange in neat rows in syrup mixture.
• Cream 1/3 cup butter, add 1/2 cup sugar and beat until light.
• Beat in egg yolks, one at a time.
• Sift together dry ingredients and add alternately to creamed mixture with milk.
• Stir in grated apple.
• Beat egg whites stiff.
• Beat in remaining 1/4 cup sugar, and fold gently into batter.
• Spread batter evenly over apples in pan.
• Bake 350*F oven for 40 to 45 minutes.
• Let stand 5 minutes, then invert onto a flat cake plate.
• Serve hot or warm with whipped cream.

MAPLE SYRUP UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Measure butter, sugar, and egg into a bowl, and beat with a wooden spoon or electric mixer until creamy.
• Mix flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon (or nutmeg) together. Add the dry ingredients and the milk, a little at a time and alternating between the two, to the creamed butter mixture. Stir until well blended.
• Measure syrup into a small saucepan. Heat the syrup until it boils, and pour into a generously buttered 8-inch square baking pan. If using chopped walnuts, add them to the hot syrup.
• Scoop up the dough in four large balls and drop them into the hot maple syrup. Using two forks, stretch dough balls to the edges until the dough forms one large mass. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Serve warm with ice cream or whipped topping if desired.