Upside-Down Apple Gingerbread Cake

I love apples and I love gingerbread, so I thought I would give this recipe a try. It was quick, easy and very good.

Upside-Down Apple Gingerbread Cake

step 1:

1/4 C butter, melted

2 large apples, cored and sliced

1/4 C brown sugar (Wholesome sweeteners)

Pour butter into a 9 inch baking pan. Arrange the apples over the butter; sprinkle with brown sugar and set aside.

step 2:

1/4 C butter, softened

1/4 C oil

1/2 C molasses

1/4 C brown sugar

1/4 C white sugar

1/4 C maple syrup

1 egg

1 1/2 C white flour (Bob's Red Mill)

1/2 C barley flour

1 t baking soda

1 t cinnamon

1 t ginger

1/2 t cloves

1/2 t salt

1/4 t nutmeg

3/4 C hot cider

Combine butter, oil, molasses, sugars, syrup and egg; mix well. Combine remaining dry ingredients; add to sugar mixture alternately with hot cider. Mix well and pour over apples.

Bake at 350 for about 25 minutes; turn oven down to 325 and bake another 7 - 10 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool 3-5 minutes before turning out on serving plate. (I left mine in the baking pan more than 5 minutes and it stuck a bit. So probably turning it out at 3 minutes would be good.)

Serve warm.

Yield: 9 servings.

Happy Baking!

~Michele