Upside-Down Apple Cakes

15 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 3 small sliced peeled apples
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg or 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • BATTER
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 tablespoon lemon rind, grated
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions

  1. 1
    Brush bottoms and sides of 12-cup muffin pan with butter, Divide apples among cups, cutting to fit. Combine brown sugar and nutmeg; sprinkle over apples in each cup.
  2. 2
    BATTER: In a small bowl, stir together sugar, oil, egg, applesauce, lemon rind, and vanilla until blended.
  3. 3
    In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt; stir in liquid mixture and combine. Spoon batter evenly over apples in each cup.
  4. 4
    Bake in 350F oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  5. 5
    Let cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes. Run thin metal spatula around edge of cups and turn out. Serve warm.

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