Apple Cake "Tatin"

By cassie thornburg
@agirlsinger

If you've read any of my posts, you know I love Ina Garten. I was watching her show today and saw her make this. It looked so easy and since the weather was a bit cooler this evening, I thought it was time to turn on the oven and make something for dessert.

On her show, she used plums, but said it would taste just fine with apples. I found the recipes for both online at FoodNetwork.com.

This is made with a kind of "caramel" sauce that is very simple, once the sugar begins to caramelize, it will begin to burn very easily if you don't take it off the heat. Since I don't have a candy thermometer, I just kept my eye on it, but you don't want to walk away from the pan once it begins to darken and caramelize.
Enjoy!

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Serves:

Prep:

15 Min

Cook:

55 Min

Ingredients

6 Tbsp: unsalted butter, room temperature (3/4 stick) plus more for greasing dish.
1 1/4: granny smith apples, peeled cored and sliced into quarters ( i used 5 gala apples because i like them)
1 3/4 c: sugar
2 large: eggs, room temperature (ina likes to use extra-large eggs)
1/3 c: sour cream (i used plain greek yogurt)
1/2 tsp: grated lemon zest (about 1/2 lemon)
1/2 tsp: vanilla extract
1 c: plus 2 tbl all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp: baking powder
1/4 tsp: kosher salt
: confectioners sugar for dusting (i forgot to do this before i took the picture...)

How to Make Apple Cake "Tatin"

Step-by-Step

1Preheat the oven to 350. Generously butter a 9-inch pie dish and arrange the apples in the dish, cut side down.
2Combine 1 C of the sugar and 1/3 C water in a small saucepan and cook over high heat until it turns a warm amber color, about 360 degrees on a candy thermometer. Swirl the pan but do not stir. Pour evenly over the apples.
3Caramel poured on the apples. yum.
4Try not to get the "white pith", only use the yellow part of the lemon rind.
5Sifting is easy with a large sieve.
6Meanwhile, cream the 6 TBL of butter and the remaining 3/4 C sugar in a stand mixer, or with a hand mixer until light and fluffy. Lower the speed and beat in the eggs one at a time. Add the sour cream, zest and vanilla and mix until combined. Sift together the flour, baking powder and the salt, and with the mixer on low, add it to the butter mixture. Mix only until just combined.
7Pour the batter evenly over the apples and bake for 30 -40 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
8Just outta the oven!
9Cool for 15 minutes, then invert cake onto a flat plate. Be patient! (I let mine cool for about 20 minutes). If you don't let it cool, the caramel will be too runny and will spill out over the serving plate! Serve warm or at room temperature, dusted with confectioners' sugar.

Enjoy!