Apple Upside Down Date Nut Gingerbread Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| 1 tablespoon stick margarine, melted | ||
| Firmly packed brown sugar | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 2 cups peeled, thinly sliced | ||
| Granny Smith apple | ||
| All purpose flour | 1 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Ground ginger | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Ground cinnamon | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Baking soda | 3/4 Teaspoon | |
| Ground nutmeg | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1/8 Teaspoon | |
| Ground cloves | 1/8 Teaspoon | |
| 1/4 cup stick margarine, softened | ||
| Granulated Sugar | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Molasses | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Egg | 1 Large | |
| 1/2 cup plain fat-free yogurt | ||
| Dates | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs), chopped | |
| Walnuts | 3 Tablespoon, chopped | |
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°.
Coat bottom of a 9-inch round cake pan with melted margarine.
Sprinkle brown sugar over margarine.
Arrange apple slices spokelike over brown sugar, working from center of pan to edge; set aside.
Combine flour and next 6 ingredients in a bowl; stir well.
Set aside.
Beat 1/4 cup margarine and 1/3 cup sugar at medium speed of an electric mixer until well-blended.
Add molasses and egg; beat well.
Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with yogurt, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat well after each addition.
Stir in dates and walnuts.
Pour batter over apple slices.
Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Let cake cool in pan 5 minutes on a wire rack.
Loosen cake from sides of pan, using a narrow metal spatula.
Invert onto a cake plate; cut cake into wedges.
Coat bottom of a 9-inch round cake pan with melted margarine.
Sprinkle brown sugar over margarine.
Arrange apple slices spokelike over brown sugar, working from center of pan to edge; set aside.
Combine flour and next 6 ingredients in a bowl; stir well.
Set aside.
Beat 1/4 cup margarine and 1/3 cup sugar at medium speed of an electric mixer until well-blended.
Add molasses and egg; beat well.
Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with yogurt, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat well after each addition.
Stir in dates and walnuts.
Pour batter over apple slices.
Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Let cake cool in pan 5 minutes on a wire rack.
Loosen cake from sides of pan, using a narrow metal spatula.
Invert onto a cake plate; cut cake into wedges.
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