Upside Down Apple Gingerbread Recipes

Steps:

• Pour butter into a 9-in. square baking pan; sprinkle with brown sugar. Arrange apples over sugar; set aside. , For gingerbread, in a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, then molasses. Combine dry ingredients; add to sugar mixture alternately with tea, beating well after each addition. , Pour over apples. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Place butter in a 9-in. round baking pan; heat in oven until melted. Tilt pan to coat bottom and sides. Sprinkle brown sugar and ginger onto bottom of pan. Arrange apple slices in circles over brown sugar mixture., For batter, in a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, ginger and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Spoon over apples., Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Melt the butter in a 10-inch heavy-bottomed skillet. Sprinkle the brown sugar uniformly over the bottom. Peel, core, and cut apples into one-half inch crosswise slices. Arrange them in the bottom of the skillet, overlapping the edges.
• Combine the next 7 ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix well. Beat in the egg. Stir in the molasses. Add the milk alternately with the flour. Beat in the hot water.
• Spoon the batter over the apples and bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan 10 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate, but do not remove the pan for 5 minutes. This permits sugar and butter topping to run down over cake. Serve with the whipped cream, if desired.
• Makes one 9-inch square gingerbread.

Steps:

• TOPPING:.
• Melt butter in a casserole dish or 8-inch square pan, arrange sliced apples in it. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
• CAKE BATTER:.
• Cream shortening, add sugar gradually, beat well. Stir in egg and molasses. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk. Beat until fluffy. Pour cake batter over apples and bake at 350F for 45 minutes. Turn out upside down and serve with Satin sauce.
• SATIN SAUCE:.
• Beat egg and water in saucepan until foamy. Stir in molasses and salt. Cook over low heat 1 minute stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and vanilla. Serve hot.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease the rim of a 10-inch cake pan with 1 tablespoon of the butter and then place it in the pan. Set the pan over very low heat and melt the butter across the bottom of the pan. Add the brown sugar and distribute evenly.
• Make circles of overlapping apple slices on top of the brown sugar. Chop any remaining slices and place them in the gaps.
• Using a mixer, blend 1/2 cup of the butter and the sugar on medium-low speed. Increase the speed to high and cream until light and fluffy.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, molasses and buttermilk. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon. Alternate mixing the flour and molasses mixtures into the butter mixture, adding the next once the last has been incorporated.
• Pour the batter into the pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool on a rack for 10 to 15 minutes, then turn out onto a platter. Serve warm or cool with very softly whipped cream.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter 8 cups of a muffin tin. Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the apples and saute until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the brown sugar and stir until melted. Divide the mixture among the muffin cups and set aside.
• Cream the remaining 1/4 cup butter with the sugar. Mix in the egg. Slowly mix in the boiling water and then the molasses. Sift the dry ingredients together and then stir them into the batter.
• Divide the batter among the muffin cups. Bake until the top springs back when touched, about 25 minutes.
• Using a serrated knife, cut off just enough of the top of the cakes to make them level. Turn the cakes out of the tin. Immediately place on plates with a scoop of ice cream or a dollop of creme fraiche and serve.