Grandma’s Maple-Apple Upside-Down Cake
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Created by
Nancy Samson
Chocolate maker
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Maple Syrup
4-6 portions
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Ingredients
- 3 green apples, Cortland, Empire, or Lobo
- 3/4 cup maple syrup (preferably dark syrup for its robust flavour)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 2/3 cup maple sugar
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup 2% milk
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
Method
- Preheat oven to 190° C (375° F).
- Peel the apples.
- Thinly slice apples and place criss-crossed in a 20 cm (8 in) round or square baking pan. Set aside.
- In a saucepan, boil the maple syrup with 60 ml (1/4 cup) butter for 5 minutes. Pour over the apples.
- In a bowl, whip the other 60 ml (1/4 cup) of the butter with the maple sugar. Whisk in the egg. Add the milk, flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well.
- Cover the apples with this dough.
- Bake 30 to 40 minutes.
- Allow to cool 5 minutes and turn out onto a plate.
Serve with a sauce anglaise or a little vanilla ice cream.
The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers are not in any way responsible for the identification or presence of allergens in recipes or for the classification of any recipe as vegetarian or vegan.
