Upside-Down Caramelized Apple Cake Recipe | Myrecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
0
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Carbs
0g
Fat
The brown sugar, apple, and pecan mixture that’s cooked in the skillet and then topped with a spiced cake batter become a gooey, rich topping for the cake when it’s inverted.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
- 1/2 cup butter, softened and divided
- 2 teaspoons brandy
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar, divided
- 2 large eggs, separated
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 cups all-purpose baking mix
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °. Bake pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring after 5 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 375 °.
- Toss apple slices with lemon juice, 1 tsp. vanilla extract, and 1/2 tsp. cinnamon.
- Melt 1/4 cup butter in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over low heat. Remove from heat; stir in brandy. Sprinkle with brown sugar.
- Sprinkle pecans over brown sugar mixture. Arrange apples in 2 concentric circles over pecans.
- Beat 1/2 cup granulated sugar and remaining 1/4 cup butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Add milk, sour cream, and remaining 1 tsp. vanilla, beating just until blended.
- Whisk together baking mix, nutmeg, and remaining 1/4 tsp. cinnamon in a medium bowl. Add nutmeg mixture to butter mixture, beating just until blended.
- Beat egg whites in a large bowl at high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter. Spread batter over apples in skillet.
- Bake at 375 ° for 50 to 54 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted halfway into center of cake comes out clean. Cool in skillet on a wire rack 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of cake to loosen. Invert cake onto a serving plate, replacing any topping that sticks to skillet on cake.
- Note: We tested with Bisquick Original All-Purpose Baking Mix.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon, Apples.
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