Baby apple upside-down cakes

April 1, 2015 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

Recipe by Dorah Sitole

These light and fruity upside-down cup cakes are delicious served as dessert or as a tea-time treat with whipped cream or custard

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Baby apple upside-down cakes

Serves: 12
Cooking Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 60ml (¼ cup) golden syrup
  • 3 small green or red apples,
  • thinly sliced
  • 105g (½ cup) castor sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract
  • 140g (1 cup) self-raising flour
  • 5ml (1 tsp) baking powder
  • 125ml (½ cup) butter, melted
  • fresh whipped cream, to serve

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a 12-hole muffin tin.

2

Place 10ml (2 tsp) golden syrup in the holes of the muffin tin. Place a slice of apple on top of the syrup.

3

Beat together the castor sugar, eggs and vanilla extract until thick and pale.

4

Sift together the flour and baking powder, fold into the sugar mixture with the melted butter and mix well.

5

Spoon the mixture over the apple slices and bake in the oven until golden, about 20 minutes.

6

Cool for 5 minutes in the tin before turning out. Serve with whipped cream.

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