Apple Upside-down Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 tablespoon dark corn syrup
• 2 teaspoons butter
• cooking spray
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons chopped pecans
• 3 cups thinly sliced peeled braeburn apples (about 1 1/4 pounds)
• 2/3 cup cake flour
• 1/2 cup flax seed meal
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar, divided
• 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 large egg whites
• 1/2 cup whipped cream
• ground cinnamon (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 melt corn syrup and butter in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat; remove from heat.
• 3 sprinkle with 1/2 cup sugar and pecans; arrange apple slices spokelike over brown sugar mixture, working from center of skillet to edge.
• 4 lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. combine flour, flaxseed meal, baking powder, and salt, stirring with a whisk.
• 5 combine 1/3 cup sugar, rind, vanilla, and eggs, stirring with a whisk. beat egg whites with a mixer at high speed until soft peaks form.
• 6 add remaining 1/3 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. add whole egg mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moist.
• 7 gently fold in egg mixture.
• 8 spoon batter over apples.
• 9 bake at 375° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 10 cool in pan 5 minutes on a wire rack. loosen cake from sides of pan with a knife. place a plate upside down on top of cake. invert cake onto plate.
• 11 cut into wedges. serve with whipped cream. garnish with cinnamon, if desired.