Apple Cornmeal Upside-Down Cake

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! For everyone overseas...Thanksgiving is a day when everyone in the States over-stuffs their face with food and food and more food! And it also happens to be my favorite holiday. I love it because it's just a day to gather with family and friends to eat a wonderful meal(s). I also like how the day after everyone is in their holiday spirit!


Well Thanksgiving day was very foggy here in Dallas. It was a little breeze but not cold at all which was perfect. So for dessert I decided to make apple cornmeal upside-down cake and pear upside-down cake! But since they're two different recipes there will be two different posts so stay tuned!

This cake is very moist.

Look at all the apples

                                 
                                 
Apple Cornmeal Upside-down Cake

Ingredients

• 2 sticks of unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup sugar (for caramelizing the apples) 
• 2/3 cup sugar (for the rest of the recipe)
• 6 small apples, peeled and cored
• 1 cup of flour
• 1/4 cup of cornmeal
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup buttermilk

Directions

1. Preheat oven 350F. And butter your round 9" cake pan
2. Melt two tablespoons of butter in a cooking pan and add 1/2 cup of sugar. Stir until butter has melted.
3. Pour over your sliced apples and stir covering them with the melted butter and sugar. Do this until apples are tender (about 6-7 min.)
4. Once they are tender pour them onto your cake pan 
5. Mix the cornmeal, flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together in a large bowl
6. In another bowl cream the butter (6 tablespoons) and sugar, gradually add in the egg. After it's fluffy add in the flour and buttermilk
7. Mix for 4 min. Do not over mix otherwise you'll have holes in your cake.
8. Carefully pour or spoon your batter onto the cake pan over the apples. I used a spatula to even spread the batter and to make sure all apples where covered
9. Bake for 30-40 minutes until it's golden brown from the top or the edges of the cake are golden brown
10. Once you get it out of the oven let it cool for 5 minutes...AND at 5 minutes flip it! Don't wait more than 5 minutes to turn your cake because the apples might stick to the cake pan! And be careful because it will still be HOT!

* I adapted this recipe from Fleur-De-Licious