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Maggie's apple upside-down cakes

Name: Maggie's apple upside-down cakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 125g unsalted butter; 170g caster sugar; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 130g sour cream; Zest of 1 lemon; 140g plain flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; Cream, to serve; 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, thinly sliced; 2 tablespoons butter; 175g caster sugar; 1 1/2 cups (375ml) verjuice; 200ml apple juice

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by Maggie Beer

Cook, national treasure and delicious. Produce Awards judge

Oct 03, 2015

Maggie Beer's rustic apple upside-down cakes combine sweet caramelised apples with buttery cake.

125g unsalted butter
170g caster sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
130g sour cream
Zest of 1 lemon
140g plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Cream, to serve

Sauteed apple slices

2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons butter
175g caster sugar
1 1/2 cups (375ml) verjuice
200ml apple juice

Method

1.

Saute apple slices in a frypan with the butter and caster sugar over medium heat until golden, then deglaze with verjuice. Cook until the apples begin to soften. Transfer apples to a plate and set aside.
2.

Add apple juice to the pan and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to medium and allow to simmer until mixture begins to turn golden and syrupy, then remove from heat. Drop sauteed apple slices into syrup and allow to stand.
3.

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line the base of eight small ramekins or medium muffin pans with a circle of baking paper.
4.

Cream remaining butter and sugar in a bowl until pale. Beat in eggs, vanilla and sour cream. Add lemon zest. Sift in flour and baking powder and fold into mixture. Place sauteed apple slices and 1 tablespoon of their syrup (set aside remaining) into base of ramekins, then fill two-thirds full with cake mixture.
5.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake part comes out clean. Turn out of pan to cool just a little. Reheat remaining syrup and serve with warm cakes and a pot of cream.