Healthier Upside Down Apple Cake
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- Number of Servings: 16
Ingredients
Caramelized Apple Topping1/2 cup sugar1/4 cup orange juice1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp butter5 apples, peeled and sliced into 12ths---Cake2 tbsp butter, softened2/3 cup low-fat cream cheese, softened1 cup sugar1/4 cup brown sugar1 tbsp vanilla 1/2 tbsp maple extract1 egg2 1/2 tbsp ground flaxseed1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour2 tsp baking powder1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt1 tsp allspice1 tbsp cinnamon1 1/3 cups buttermilk
Heat oven to 350�F, grease a 10" cake pan.
Combine sugar, orange juice, lemon juice and butter in a deep skillet, bring to a boil.
Cook for 5 minutes, then add apples, and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes, until soft and caramelized.
Pour the apple mixture into prepared cake pan and spread to an even layer.
In a bowl, beat butter, cream cheese, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, maple extract, and egg until smooth.
In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, allspice, and cinnamon.
Beat flour mixture and buttermilk alternately into the creamed ingredients.
Pour batter over apples and spread evenly.
Bake 1 hour.
Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Invert onto a serving plate.
Number of Servings: 16
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
Combine sugar, orange juice, lemon juice and butter in a deep skillet, bring to a boil.
Cook for 5 minutes, then add apples, and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes, until soft and caramelized.
Pour the apple mixture into prepared cake pan and spread to an even layer.
In a bowl, beat butter, cream cheese, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, maple extract, and egg until smooth.
In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, allspice, and cinnamon.
Beat flour mixture and buttermilk alternately into the creamed ingredients.
Pour batter over apples and spread evenly.
Bake 1 hour.
Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Invert onto a serving plate.
Number of Servings: 16
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 204.0
- Total Fat: 5.1 g
- Cholesterol: 25.4 mg
- Sodium: 71.6 mg
- Total Carbs: 39.1 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
- Protein: 3.8 g
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