upside-down apple cake
I found this recipe in an old Woman's Day magazine (Sept. 1994!) at my Aunt's house. I was looking for ideas for a family picnic, and this made a great alternative to Pineapple Upside Down cake, as several members of the family don't like pineapple. It was a great success!
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yield
8 serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
45 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For upside-down apple cake
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3 lggranny smith apples
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3 Tbsplemon juice
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1 Tbspapple pie spice
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6 Tbspbutter
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1/2 clight brown sugar, packed
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12maraschino cherries no stem
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16 ozbox pound cake mix
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2 tspfresh orange zest
- *MAY SUBSTITUTE PUMPKIN PIE SPICE FOR APPLE PIE SPICE.
How To Make upside-down apple cake
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1Heat oven to 350 degrees. Have a 10" cast-iron or ovenproof skillet ready.
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2Cut thin slices off top and bottom of each apple. Cut each apple crosswise in 4 thick slices. Cut out cores.
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3Toss with lemon juice and spice till evenly coated.
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4Melt butter in skillet. Remove from heat and stir in brown sugar till well blended.
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5Place a cherry in core hole of each apple slice. Arrange 11 slices, overlapping, around edge of skillet. Place remaining slices in middle.
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6Prepare cake mix as package directs, adding the orange zest to batter. Pour over apples.
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7Bake 45 min. or till toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and top of cake is golden.
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8Cool in pan on wire rack 30 min. Run knife around edge of cake to loosen. Invert cake onto serving plate.
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