Microwave Apple Upside down Cake

Ever since Srivalli of Cooking4allseasons has announced the MEC: Cakes theme, I have been digging through all my recipe collection. Finally I found this cake that is done easily in microwave. I clearly don’t know why I forgot about it till now! Thanks to Srivalli, I could bring this recipe to the front and make it. I was surprised how easily this was done in a microwave. I made little changes to the original recipe, though! Actually it was pineapple upside down cake, but as I don’t have pineapples on hand, I replaced them with apples. And for pineapple juice as suggested in the original recipe, I used apple juice. That’s it!

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp Apple Juice
• ¼ cup Sugar
• 1 Apple (any kind)
• 1 cup All-purpose Flour
• 2 Egg Whites
• 3 tbsp Butter
• ½ tsp Baking Powder
• ¼ tsp Baking Soda

Preparation:

Peel the apple and core out the seeds. Then slice into thin rounds like in the picture below. Keep aside.

Place butter in a microwave safe bowl and microwave it for 1 minute or until the butter melts.

In a different bowl mix apple juice with sugar and beat well with a spoon. To this, add all the other ingredients except the apple slices and beat well either with a manual or electrical mixer until the mixture turns smooth. Keep aside.

Coat a microwave safe bowl (I used a 2-quart glass bowl) with non-stick cooking spray. Arrange the apple slices in a circular pattern at the bottom of the bowl. Pour the prepared batter on top of these slices.

Place the bowl in the microwave on an inverted saucer. Microwave for 6 minutes or until the center of the cake springs back when touched lightly.

Let stand for 3 to 5 minutes until the cake cools down. Then invert onto a serving plate. Cut into pieces and serve. It tasted delicious.

This goes to Srivalli’s MEC: Cakes event.