Apple Upside Down Cake

Apple Upside Down Cake.

Ingredients:

Apple base:

• 4-5 apples
• 50g butter
• 7 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Batter:

• 75g butter, room t°C
• 5 tbsp sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 tbsp sour cream
• zest & juice from 1 lemon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 11 tbsp flour

• icing sugar

Method:

1. Peel apples, sprinkle with lemon juice, cut them into wedges, remove the core & slice.
2. In a saucepan melt 40g butter. Add 5 tbsp of sugar & let it simmer until golden brown.
3.  Pour the butter/sugar sauce into a round 22cm diameter baking pan, place apple chunks over the sauce.
4. Sprinkle with 2 tbsp of sugar, cover with tiny chunks of butter (10g).
5. Bake at 180°C for 10min.

Meanwhile prepare the batter:

1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Beat in egg yolks, sour cream, zest and vanilla extract.
3. In a separate bowl beat egg whites until stiff peaks.
4. Mix egg yolk & egg white mixtures together.
5. Remove apples from the oven, sprinkle with cinnamon.
6. Pour over the batter and bake for extra 20-25min at 180°C.
7. Remove the cake from the oven, let it sit for 10-15min, then turn it upside down.
8. Let it cool, sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.