Quick Apple Cake

By paperplategourmet

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup sugar (plus 2 Tbs)
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 egg
• buttermilk (approximately 1/2 -3/4 cup)
• (*add a few drops of lemon juice to regular milk.)
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 tart apples, peeled, sliced thin
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Preparation

Step 1

Sift flour, baking powder, soda, salt and 1 cup sugar into mixing bowl.

Pour ¼ cup butter into 1 cup measuring cup. Add egg. Fill cup with buttermilk. Pour into flour mixture; beat vigorously 1 minute or until batter is smooth. Stir in vanilla.

Pour remaining butter into ovenproof skillet or baking dish
(*I melt the butter in my Calphalon pan in the oven in the first place)
pour batter over butter in skillet/baking dish. Arrange apples over top.

Combine cinnamon with 2 Tbs. sugar; sprinkle over apples.

Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven 35-40 minutes.

Serve hot from skillet or cool 5 minutes, then invert onto rack.

Yield 8-10 servings.