This moist cake is perfect for a Christmas get-together!
Upside-Down Apple Gingerbread
Ingredients
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 large apples, peeled and sliced
Gingerbread:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup brewed tea
Directions
~Pour butter into a 9-in. square baking pan; sprinkle with brown sugar. Arrange apples over sugar; set aside.
~For gingerbread, in a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, then molasses. Combine dry ingredients; add to sugar mixture alternately with tea, beating well after each addition. Pour over apples.
~Bake at 350° for 45 to 50 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean). Cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate.
~Serve warm.