Donna Hay's Apple Upside-down Syrup Cakes

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 90 g butter
• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons water
• 2 apples, peeled and sliced
• 75 g butter
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup ground almonds
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/3 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 160c (200f).
• 2 stir 90g butter, brown sugar and water together in a saucepan until butter is melted. then stir in apple slices and cook for 3 minutes.
• 3 spoon apples equally into 6 x 1 cup muffin tins or ramikins. put a few tablespoons of syrup in with the apple slices as well. reserve the remaining syrup for later.
• 4 prepare the cake batter: put all the ingredients in a bowl together. mix until combined. then spoon the batter equally over apples.
• 5 bake 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• 6 cool 5 minutes in the tin, then flip serving plates. serve with extra caramel sauce and ice cream or unsweetened cream.