Spiced Apple Upside Down Cake
Apple upside down cake is the perfect fall dessert: a soft spice cake topped with caramelized apples. Start with a cake mix to make it fast, easy and delicious!
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1 box Spice Cake Mix
- 3 Eggs
- 2/3 cup Water
- 1/2 cup Oil
- 2 pounds Apples Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, etc.
- 6 tbsp Butter
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Peel and slice the apples (12-16 slices per apple).
- In a small saucepan melt the butter. Add the sugar and cinnamon and heat until just simmering. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
- Lightly grease a glass 9x13 inch pan. Pour the caramel sauce (the butter/sugar mixture) into the pan and spread it out evenly. Layer the apple slices over the caramel sauce, overlapping apples.
- In a medium bowl, beat together the cake mix, eggs, oil, and water. Beat for approximately 2 minutes. Spoon the cake batter over the apples in the pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes, until top of cake springs back when touched and toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow cake to cool in pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a cutting board. Serve warm or allow to cool to room temperature.
Notes
Please note that this recipe uses less water than is called for on the back of the boxed cake mix. This is to compensate for the moisture the apples will release into the cake as they bake.