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Apple Upside Down Cake

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A simple recipe for Apple Upside Down Cake that features ripe, sweet apples, a blend of whole wheat and all-purpose flours, jaggery, oil, lemon juice, aromatic spices, and leavening agents. Notably, this recipe is both eggless and suitable for a vegan diet.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Indian
Servings 8
Calories 256 kcal

Ingredients
  

For Apple Layer

  • 2 apples medium-sized, rinsed, peeled, cored and sliced
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons demerara sugar or brown sugar or raw sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder (ground cinnamon)
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg powder (ground nutmeg)
  • few drops lemon juice

few drops lemon juice

  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ cup jaggery powder – preferably organic, or brown sugar or raw sugar – adjust as per your sweet requirements
  • 1 pinch salt
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder (ground cinnamon)

For Cake Batter – Wet Ingredients

  • For Cake Batter – Wet Ingredients
  • 1 cup water
  • ¼ cup sunflower oil or any neutral tasting oil
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla powder or ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • Grease or line a 7 to 7.5 inches round cake pan or tin. You can even line the pan with parchment paper. 
  • Preheat the oven now at 180 degrees C/356 degrees F for 15 minutes. 
  • Rinse, peel, core and slice the apples.

Lining Cake Pan With Apples

  • Layer the apple slices neatly on the base of the cake pan/tin in single or double layer.
  • Sprinkle cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder on the apple layer. Also sprinkle a few drops of lemon juice, so that the apples do not discolor. Sprinkling lemon juice is an optional step. 
  • Keep this cake pan/tin aside.

Making Apple Upside Down Cake

  • In a bowl, take all the dry ingredients – whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, powdered jaggery, vanilla powder and cinnamon powder.
  • Mix them well with a wired whisk.
    If using vanilla essence or extract then add it when adding lemon juice.
  • Add the water and oil, stir and mix to get a lump-free batter. Do not over-mix.
  • Now add the lemon juice and mix well again.
  • Pour the batter all over on an even layer over the apple slices in the prepared cake pan/tin.
  • Bake at 180 degrees C/356 degrees F for 45 to 55 minutes in the preheated oven.
  • When cooled to room temperature, remove the cake gently. Serve the Eggless Apple Upside Down Cake with tea or coffee or as an after meal dessert.

Nutrition

Calories: 256kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 3gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gSodium: 76mgPotassium: 140mgFiber: 3gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 26IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 29mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Apple Upside Down Cake
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