Upside-Down Apple and Walnut Spice Cake
March 3, 2015
By: Rita P. Smith, MS, RD, CDE, Martha Jefferson Hospital
Ingredients
- 1 small apple, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 4 tablespoons sugar, divided
- 1 cup all-purpose white wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened or no-trans-fat tub margarine
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 2 small apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped
- ¼ cup walnuts, lightly roasted
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray; line the bottom of pan with parchment paper.
- Place apple slices in medium bowl and toss with 1 tablespoon sugar; set aside.
- In large bowl sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.
- In another bowl cream together sugar and butter/margarine until smooth. Add vanilla; mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, to mixture; mix until smooth. Add chopped apples; mix with spatula to blend. Spoon flour-spice mixture into apple-sugar-butter mixture; mix well with spatula.
- Place reserved apple slices on bottom of prepared pan; sprinkle with walnuts. Spoon batter over apples and walnuts; smooth batter with spoon. Bake 30 minutes or until firm in center; remove and cool on wire rack. Insert knife around edges to dislodge cake from pan; quickly turn pan upside down over serving plate. Slice with serrated knife to serve.
Makes 8 servings.