Upside Down Caramel Apple Spice Cake
A gooey Upside Down Caramel Apple Spice Cake to start the Fall season right. It’s your favorite retro cake with a spicy Autumn apple makeover!
Ingredients
Topping
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 green apples peeled and cut into 1/4 inch wedges
- Caramel sauce for drizzling
Spice Cake
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
Topping
- Preheat your oven to 350 F and grease a 9 inch cake pan with butter or butter spray.
- In a medium saucepan melt the butter over medium heat. Add the brown sugar and heat until boiling.
- Take saucepan off heat and stir in the cinnamon.
- Pour the caramel sauce into cake pan and cover with apple slices in layers.
Spice Cake
- With your electric mixer on medium, with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
- Beat in vanilla, then the eggs one at a time.
- On low, mix in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
- Pour batter on top of apples and bake for 40-45 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.