Individual Apple Upside-Down Cakes
Indulge in Individual Apple Upside-Down Cakes, each a miniature delight featuring caramelized apples atop a fluffy cake, perfect for a personal sweet treat.
Recommended Apple Variety:
Gala, Empire
Ingredients – Cake:
- 3 tbsp. butter, melted
- 3 tbsp. firmly packed brown sugar
- ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- 4 medium (about 2 ¼-inches in diameter) unpeeled cored Gala or Empire Michigan Apples, sliced ½-inch thick
- ¼ cup dried Michigan tart cherries
- 1 box dry yellow cake mix
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup apple juice
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 ½ cups plain granola, finely crushed
Ingredients – Topping:
- ¾ cup caramel ice cream topping
- ¾ cup prepared whipped topping
Serving Size:
- Makes 12 Servings (1 cake each)
Nutrition:
(1 cake per serving)
- Calories 505
- Total Fat 23g
- Sat. Fat. 8g
- Trans. Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 71mg
- Sodium 400mg
- Total Carbohydrates 72g
- Dietary Fiber 3g
- Total Sugars 33g
- Protein 7g
Directions:
- Preheat standard oven to 350°F. Spray twelve 4 ½-inch muffin cups with baking spray with flour.
- For Cake, combine butter, brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Divide mixture evenly between 12 muffin cups. Place 1 apple slice over butter mixture on bottom of each muffin cup pressing firmly into cup. Fill center with cherries.
- Combine cake mix, sour cream, apple juice, oil and eggs in bowl of mixer fitted with paddle attachment.
- Mix on low speed 30 seconds. Scrape bottom and sides of bowl.
- Beat on medium speed 3 minutes, scraping bottom and sides of bowl occasionally.
- Portion # 8 scoop batter into each muffin cup.
- Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons crushed granola, lightly pressing into batter.
- Bake 30-35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
- Cool in pan 10 minutes. Run a thin metal spatula around edge of each cake.
- Carefully invert onto cooling rack. Cool completely.
- When ready to serve, drizzle each cake with 1 tbsp. caramel topping and top with 1 tablespoon whipped topping.