UPSIDE DOWN Caramelized Apple Cake; an egg-less cake made with whole wheat and topped with buttery, caramelized chunks of apples!
Fall is here!! Apple season is here!!! Just went for apple picking to a nearby orchard a few days ago and came back with a huge basket of these goodies! Lots of this nature’s gift to eat fresh; make cookies or cakes, desserts, halwas etc.
I recently made a family favorite of my sons which I have been making for decades; scrumptious apple pockets, which came out divine and delicious!
Now, time to make some cake. How about a luscious Caramelized Apple Cake? Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it?
WHAT IS CARAMELIZED APPLES?
“Caramelization” is just a process of melting the sugar to make a nutty, brown, gooey liquid (looks like honey or syrup) which tastes like jaggery! To make these caramelized apples, you need to add a stick or about ½ cup of butter to chopped apples along with a bit of brown sugar. Butter is added for richness and gloss!
This is then cooked on medium high to high heat for about 10 minutes to get a brown, sticky apple mixture. This then forms the topping for our cake (or base of the cake before baking). You have to layer it at the bottom of the cake pan before pouring in the cake batter.
MOIST AND FLUFFY EGG-LESS CAKE:
All of you must have heard about a ‘crazy chocolate cake’ or “wacky chocolate cake”! It is an easy, one bowl eggless cake using no beaters or blenders! Just mix dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt) and wet ingredients (water/milk, oil, vanilla extract and vinegar) and bake!
Of course, for this apple cake, chocolate cake does not sound like a good combination. So, I decided to just omit the cocoa powder and increase the flour (more of whole wheat) to make an eggless version of yellow cake! The result was so good, this is going to be my go-to cake for a yellow eggless cake from now on!
CARAMELIZED APPLE CAKE:
Pour the cake batter over the caramelized apples in the pan and bake until cake tester comes out clean!
Cool, cut and enjoy this nature’s bounty apples in a new avatar!
Enjoy and Happy Baking!
Step-by-Step Instructions to make Egg-less Caramelized Apple Cake:
(PRINTABLE RECIPE CARD BELOW)
PREPARE THE PAN:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Centigrade or 180 degrees Fahrenheit.
Grease an 8-inch square pan or 9-inch round pan thoroughly and line with parchment paper or Aluminum foil. Grease the paper or foil again.
MAKE THE CARAMELIZED APPLES:
In a saucepan, add chopped apples, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon powder. I have not peeled the apples, but if your apples have a tough skin, then it is better to peel the apples before chopping them.
Heat the pan on medium high and keep mixing until the sugar and butter have melted completely.
Keep stirring and cooking on medium high until the apples have caramelized and turned brown and gooey with butter glistening on the sides; this could take about 7 to 10 minutes, depending upon the heat of the stove.
Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
Once slightly warm/cool, layer over the prepared parchment paper and spread with a spoon or spatula evenly over the base of the pan. Set aside until the cake batter is ready.
MAKE THE CAKE BATTER:
In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredient; flours, sugar, baking soda and salt with a whisk or spoon to combine.
In another small bowl or large measuring cup, add milk, oil, vanilla essence and vinegar; the wet ingredients.
Give it a gentle mix and immediately pour into the dry mixture.
Gently fold the wet and dry ingredients with a silicone spatula or spoon to combine thoroughly. Try not to over mix; you want the mixture to be just combined to avoid a dense cake.
Pour or spoon the cake batter over the layered caramelized apples evenly. Smoothen the top and give a couple of taps of the pan over the counter to remove any air bubbles.
BAKE THE CARAMELIZED APPLE CAKE:
Place in preheated oven and bake for 30 to 40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
I used a knife (as I was out of toothpick), hence the deep gash in the center! If you do not have a toothpick, you can use a dry spaghetti stick as a cake tester too!
When fully baked, remove from oven and place on cooling rack for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, invert onto a plate and remove the parchment paper.
Invert again onto a cooling rack to cool thoroughly.
Serve decadent, eggless, super delicious, scrumptious and moist Caramelized Apple Cake with a tall glass of milk, hot chai/coffee or with a large scoop of vanilla ice cream for a divine and decadent dessert!
Enjoy and Happy Baking/Fall!
MORE APPLE RECIPES FROM THE BLOG:
- Apple Kesari Bhaat/Sweet Saffron Rice with Apples
- Apple Pie Tart
- Apple Pockets
- Spinach, Apples and Walnuts Salad
- Apple Pakodas
- Carrot and Apple Cake
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Caramelized Apple Cake; an eggless cake made with whole wheat and topped with buttery, caramelized chunks of apples!
Ingredients
- 2 cups cored and chopped apples (you can peel the apples if you prefer not to get the tough skin)
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- ½ cup maida
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 5 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- Mixing bowls
- Spatula/spoon
- Square 8-inch pan/Round 9-inch pan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Centigrade or 180 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Grease an 8-inch square pan or 9-inch round pan thoroughly and line with parchment paper or Aluminum foil. Grease the paper or foil again.
- In a saucepan, add chopped apples, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon powder. I have not peeled the apples, but if your apples have a tough skin, then it is better to peel the apples before chopping them.
- Heat the pan on medium high and keep mixing until the sugar and butter have melted completely.
- Keep stirring and cooking on medium high until the apples have caramelized and turned brown and gooey with butter glistening on the sides; this could take about 7 to 10 minutes, depending upon the heat of the stove.
- Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
- Once slightly warm/cool, layer over the prepared parchment paper and spread with a spoon or spatula evenly over the base of the pan. Set aside until the cake batter is ready.
- In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredient; flours, sugar, baking soda and salt with a whisk or spoon to combine.
- In another small bowl or large measuring cup, add milk, oil, vanilla essence and vinegar; the wet ingredients.
- Give it a gentle mix and immediately pour into the dry mixture.
- Gently fold the wet and dry ingredients with a silicone spatula or spoon to combine thoroughly. Try not to over mix; you want the mixture to be just combined to avoid a dense cake.
- Pour or spoon the cake batter over the layered caramelized apples evenly. Smoothen the top and give a couple of taps of the pan over the counter to remove any air bubbles.
- Place in preheated oven and bake for 30 to 40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- I used a knife (as I was out of toothpick), hence the deep gash in the center! If you do not have a toothpick, you can use a dry spaghetti stick as a cake tester too!
- When fully baked, remove from oven and place on cooling rack for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, invert onto a plate and remove the parchment paper.
- Invert again onto a cooling rack to cool thoroughly.
- Serve decadent, eggless, super delicious, scrumptious and moist Caramelized Apple Cake with a tall glass of milk, hot chai/coffee or with a large scoop of vanilla ice cream for a divine and decadent dessert!
- Enjoy and Happy Baking!
Notes
This same cake can be prepared using water instead of milk.
Peeling apples is optional, but if you do not want to take chances of any tough skin getting in the way of you enjoying apple cake, then peel before chopping them.
Store leftover cake in an airtight container for a day or two at room temperature and if you have leftovers, store the rest in the fridge!
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Hi cud u pls clarify what kind of vinegar needs to be used?
Cake looks super soft moist and delicious. I wish I could grab a piece from the picture. Lovely share.
Thank you so much dear Sujata <3
Yummy!. Thanks so much ? ? Great to be part of FF!
Thank you 🙂 🙂 Happy and excited to be part of FF!
First i may gobble up the caramelised apples. but the cake texture looks phenomenal.
Thank you so much!!!
Yum, and seasonal as well. Thank you for bringing it to FF.
Thanks so much Liz 🙂 🙂 Excited to be part of FF!
Yum this is and such a different recipe. Would love to try this in the fall season.
Thanks so much Renu 🙂 Do try; an absolutely scrumptious cake to enjoy any time!
The carmelized up side down apple cake looks delicious..I love the idea of chopping apple to small pieces than slices..The cake looks so spongy and yummy
Thanks so much dear 🙂 🙂 As it is an upside down cake, I wanted to make sure the apple part comes together when turning it right side up 🙂 And for the caramelization, pieces suit better .
Apple cake looks absolutely moist and perfect texture. Caramelised apple is just irresistible. Yummylicious share Vanitha..
Thank you dear 🙂 Do try some time; you will love it!
What a wonderful flavorful cake Vanitha, can't stop drooling over it. I love apple cakes. Bookmarked to try out.
Thank you Mayuri 🙂 I am sure you will enjoy it like we have!
The caramelised apple cake looks fluffy, moist and perfectly baked. Drooling over the fantastic pictures..you have presented it so well Vanitha !
Thank you so much dear Poonam 🙂
Such a beautiful and fruity cake, beautifully baked.. Wish i get a slice of this cake for my brunch.. Just love upside down cake very much.
Thank you so much dear Priya 🙂 🙂
Wow... The cake looks super delicious. I am sure this must have tasted amazing and on the top.of it it's eggfree too.
Beautiful clicks.
Thanks a bunch dear 🙂 Yes, this does taste absolutely moist and delicious and I love and prefer to make eggless bakes as much as possible! Thanks again Lata 🙂 🙂
Gorgeous looking cake..beautiful presentation.
Must be tasting Heavenly !
Thanks so much dear 🙂 🙂 Yes it tastes very moist, scrumptious and delicious; you must try this soon too!
The cake looks so moist and fluffy the texture is just spot on and the caramilized apples are to just too yum, want a slice now.
Thanks a lot dear Soma 🙂 🙂
Thanks so much dear Soma 🙂 🙂