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    Apple Upside Down Cake Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Apple Upside Down Cake Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Delicious vanilla flavoured cake topped with caramelized apples.

     

    Apple Upside Down Cake

    I have a love for upside down cakes. have made three upside down cakes so far and this is my 4th one. I will be many more upside down cakes with many more fruits very soon.

    Just wanted to try a low fat cake for a long time and this is the perfect recipe. This recipe calls just 2 tblspn of butter for the caramel alone and the cake itself doesn't need any fat. So it is low fat, eggless and delicious.

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    • About this Recipe
    • 📖 Recipe Card
    • Apple Upside Down Cake Recipe
    • Apple Upside Down Cake Step by Step

    About this Recipe

    An upside-down cake is a cake that is baked in a single pan upside- down,; with the toppings at the bottom. When the finished upside- down preparation is removed from the oven, it is flipped over and de-panned onto a serving plate, righting it and serving it right-side up.

    Before the batter is poured in, chopped or sliced fruits such as apples, cherries, peaches, or pineapples, butter, and sugar are usually placed on the bottom of the pan, forming a baked-on topping after the cake is inverted. You can use a basic cottage pudding cake batter.

    Why do they call it upside down cake?

    This straightforward cake is made by pouring cake batter over Apple or pineapple, brown sugar, and butter in a skillet. Nuts and maraschino cherries are occasionally added. After baking, it is flipped onto a platter so that the bottom becomes the top. As a result, the term upside down was coined.


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    Ingredient for Apple Upside Down Cake

    • Apples - 3 medium size
    • Sugar - 2 tblspn
    • Lemon Juice - ½ tsp
    For Batter:
     
    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 ½ cup / 180 grams
    • Sugar - ½ cup / 100 grams
    • Baking Powder - 2 tsp
    • Milk - 1 cup / 240 ml
    • Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
    • Lemon Juice - 2 tsp
      Apple Puree - 3 tblspn (Optional)
    For Caramel:
     
    • Sugar - ½ cup to ¾ cup 
    • Water - 3 tblspn
    • Butter - 2 tblspn

    Apple:
    Most apples are slightly sweet and slightly tart, but neither flavour dominates. Some of these apples will have a mild flavour, while others will have a strong flavour. That, as is customary, is dependent on the weather and harvest conditions.

    Baking Powder
    Baking powder is used to increase the volume of baked goods and lighten their texture. It works by releasing carbon dioxide gas into  batter or dough via an acid–base reaction, which causes bubbles in the wet mixture to expand and thus leaven the mixture.

     
     

    In place of apples, you can go with pineapples, pears, plums, peaches, strawberries, mangoes or any fruit you like.

    How to Make Apple Upside Down Cake

    1. Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Grease a 22 cm round baking pan with some oil and set aside.
    2. Now take your apples, peel them, core them, cut them into wedges. 
    3. Add 2 tbsp sugar and ½ tsp lemon juice over it and toss well. Set aside.
    4. Take Milk in  bowl, add in lemon juice, mix well and set aside.
    5. Now let's make caramel, take sugar, water in a sauce pan and heat on medium heat, don't stir just keep swirling the pan and let the caramel bubble up and get dark. Now take it off the heat and add in butter and mix well.
    6. Pour this into the greased pan and arrange apple slices over it. Set aside.
    7. Now take the milk mix and add in sugar and apple sauce if using, Add in vanilla and mix well. Set this aside.
    8. Now take flour, baking powder in a bowl and mix well.
    9. Pour the milk mix into this and fold gently.
    10. Pour this batter into the pan over the apples and spread it evenly.
    11. Bake for 30 to 40 mins until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
    12. Now remove the cake from oven, let it cool for 3 to 5 mins.
    13. Invert it carefully into a plate while the cake is still warm.
    14. Let them cool a little, slice and serve with scoop of ice cream.
     
     
    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you

     

     

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    Apple Upside Down Cake Recipe

    Apple Upside Down Cake Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Delicious vanilla flavoured cake topped with caramelized apples.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour
    Servings: 8 servings

    Ingredients

    • Apples - 3 medium size
    • Sugar - 2 tblspn
    • Lemon Juice - ½ tsp
    • For Batter:
    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 ½ cup / 180 grams
    • Sugar - ½ cup / 100 grams
    • Baking Powder - 2 tsp
    • Milk - 1 cup / 240 ml
    • Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
    • Lemon Juice - 2 tsp
    • Apple Puree - 3 tblspn Optional
    • For Caramel:
    • Sugar - ½ cup to ¾ cup
    • Water - 3 tblspn
    • Butter - 2 tblspn

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Grease a 22 cm round baking pan with some oil and set aside.
    • Now take your apples, peel them, core them, cut them into wedges.
    • Add 2 tbsp sugar and ½ tsp lemon juice over it and toss well. Set aside.
    • Take Milk in  bowl, add in lemon juice, mix well and set aside.
    • Now let's make caramel, take sugar, water in a sauce pan and heat on medium heat, don't stir just keep swirling the pan and let the caramel bubble up and get dark. Now take it off the heat and add in butter and mix well.
    • Pour this into the greased pan and arrange apple slices over it. Set aside.
    • Now take the milk mix and add in sugar and apple sauce if using, Add in vanilla and mix well. Set this aside.
    • Now take flour, baking powder in a bowl and mix well.
    • Pour the milk mix into this and fold gently.
    • Pour this batter into the pan over the apples and spread it evenly.
    • Bake for 30 to 40 mins until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
    • Now remove the cake from oven, let it cool for 3 to 5 mins.
    • Invert it carefully into a plate while the cake is still warm.
    • Let them cool a little, slice and serve with scoop of ice cream.

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    Apple Upside Down Cake Step by Step

    Take all your ingredients

     

    Grease a round tin with oil and set aside..

     

    Take your apples

     

    peel them

     

    cut them in half

     

    slice them like this

     

    core them

     

    slice each of them thinly

     

    all done

     

    sprinkle over some sugar

     

    and some lemon juice

     

    toss well and set aside

     

    Take milk in a bowl

     

    add lemon juice to it

     

    mix well and set aside

     

    Now lets make the caramel

     

    add water to sugar

     

    heat on medium heat

     

    let the sugar melt down and let it bubble

     

    now it has reached a light golden

     

    now it has turned little darker

     

    add butter

     

    let it bubble

     

    pour this over the pan

     

     

     

    now start arranging the apples

     

    like this

     

    now take the milk..see it has turned into buttermilk

     

    add in sugar

     

    i added some pureed apple, this is optional

     

    add in vanilla

     

    mix well

     

    set aside for a min

     

    Take flour in a bowl

     

    add in baking powder

     

    mix well

     

    Pour this into the flour

     

    fold gently

     

     

     

    spoon the batter over it

     

    spread it out evenly

     

    bake them..Let them cool just for 5 mins

     

    run a knife around the sides

     

    place a plate over it

     

    invert it 

     

    TA DA...

     

    Slice and serve

     

    Enjoy
     
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    1. Anonymous

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      Tried ur chocolate fudge cske. It was awesome

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    2. sutapa Purkayastha

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      Looking tempting . Good one.

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    3. Anonymous

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      Aarthi can we use ths caramel for pineapple upside down cake...

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    4. Anonymous

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      Aarthi can we use ths caramel for pineapple upside down cake

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    5. Anonymous

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      Hi aarthi can we make this cake in pressure cooker

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    6. Anonymous

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      Aarthi can we use ths caramel for pineapple upside down cake. ...

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    7. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyes u can use this for pineapple upside down cake

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    8. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyes u can make this in pressure cooker

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    9. Unknown

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      Can we use wheat flour instead of maida to make it healthy..

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    10. Aarthi

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      @Unknownwheat flour can be sub, but it will make the cake little denser.

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    11. Anonymous

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      How to bake this in pressure cooker??

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    12. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousfollow my pressure cooker cake recipes

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    13. anushree potdar

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      HI aarti, i have tried a lot of your dishes which have turned out perfect...but this one did not work:(

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    14. Aarthi

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      @anushree potdarwhat problem did you face

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    15. Nita

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      Hi Aarthi, I made this cake today. Followed your recipe perfectly, but the caramel was bitter. I got a beautiful looking cake but bitter tasting. what went wrong?

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    16. Pranjali

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      Tried the caramelized apple upside down cake.it turned out awesome.. thank you

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