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Maple Apple Upside Down Skillet Cake

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Ingredients
  

Apples:

  • 2 medium apples peeled and sliced into ½-inch thick wedges
  • ½ cup pure maple syrup
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Cake:

  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¾ cup butter melted and cooled
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¼ cup pure maple syrup
  • ¾ cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 apple peeled and grated

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Generously butter a 9 inch oven proof skillet or 9x2-inch round baking dish/cake pan.

Apples

  • Slice two apples into wedges and arrange the wedges in the bottom of your pan.
  • In a saucepan over medium-low, stir maple syrup, butter, brown sugar & cinnamon.
  • Let simmer 4 minutes.
  • Pour half this syrup over the apples. Save the rest for after the cake bakes.

Cake

  • In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon & salt.
  • In a separate bowl, mix melted butter, eggs, maple syrup, brown sugar and the grated apple.
  • Pour apple mixture into flour and stir well.
  • Pour this over the apples and bake 40-45 minutes.
  • Let cake cool 5 minutes.
  • Run a knife around the edges of the cake and carefully invert the warm cake onto a large plate.
  • Drizzle on the reserved syrup mixture, reheating if necessary.