Upside Down Apple Spice Cake

(scroll down to the bottom to see the plain recipe)

So, I wanted to make dessert but I also didn't feel like turning on the oven.  Because our oven is probably older then I am and the temperature on it tends to vary.  For example, if we set the dial to 350 degrees then our oven thermometer will read 400 but if you set the dial to 375 then the oven will suddenly jump to 475.  So....I try to not use our oven very often.

I do have a fantastic small convection/toaster oven, a rice cooker, and a crock pot.  I wanted to try making a cake in the rice cooker.  My first experiment was a pancake but several things went wrong and it ended up not so great.

The second experiment was amazing and that is what I'm going to share with you now.  I created an upside down apple spice cake with my rice cooker.

The first step was to slice up a couple of apples (I used an apple slicer) and get them simmering in 2 tablespoons of butter.

I let the apples simmer about 3 minutes on each side before I dusted them with 3 tablespoons of sugar.  I coated each slice with the sugar and let it melt until it caramelized the apples.

While I was simmering the apples, I put half a cup of bread flour, 6 tablespoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, half a teaspoon of all spice, half a teaspoon of nutmeg, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 3 tablespoons of melted butter, 2 eggs, and a pinch of salt in the kitchen aid.  It looked like a small amount of batter but I assure you, it ends up rising.

After the apples were caramelized, I placed them in the bottom of my rice cooker bowl (which I coated with an oil spray).  Yes, I arranged them because I wanted it to look pretty.

I poured the batter over the apples and made sure to coat each piece and that the batter reached the edges of the bowl.

I set the cooker to cook and when it beeped, I used a rubber spatula to loosen the edges before inverting the entire cake onto a place.  The end result was delicious!  It's definitely a repeat recipe!!!

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Upside Down Apple Spice Cake

2 apples, sliced

2 TBSP Butter (separated)

3 TBSP Melted butter

9 TBSP sugar (separated)

1/2 Cup Bread Flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 eggs

1/2 tsp all spice

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp cinnamon

pinch of salt

Slice apples into 8 slices each.  Melt 2 tbsp butter in a saucepan at medium heat.  Once melted, add apple slices.  Simmer in butter for 3 minutes each side.  Add 3 TBSP sugar and toss apples while sugar melts.  Cook until apples caramelize.  Grease a rice cooker bowl lightly with oil (recommend using a spray).  Place apples and juices in the pan into the bottom of the bowl.

Blend 1/2 cup flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 6 TBSP sugar, 1/2 tsp all spice, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp cinnamon, and a pinch of salt in a separate bowl or kitchen aid.  Mix dry ingredients together.  Add 3 TBSP melted butter.  Mix until blended.  Add 2 eggs and mix for at least 3 minutes at medium speed.  Pour over apples in the rice cooker bowl.  Make sure to fully coat the apples and that the batter touches the walls of the rice cooker bowl.

Place bowl into the rice cooker and set cooker to cook.

Once the cycle has completed, take the bowl out of the rice cooker.  Let it rest for 5 minutes before loosening the sides of the cake with a rubber spatula.  Invert cake onto a plate.  Let cake cool for 20 minutes before serving.