This upside-down apple cake looks absolutely gorgeous on a dessert table, and is a nice Thanksgiving option for people with special diets (there’s a gluten-free option at the bottom of this recipe). It’s also a lot lower sugar than most dessert recipes and doesn’t require a cast iron pan like most upside-down cake recipes do. This is a cake that everyone would enjoy, and let me tell you from experience, people with special diets REALLY appreciate when hosts make them dishes that they can actually eat!
Ingredients:
For the caramel apple topping:
4 tablespoons vegan butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt (you can add up to 1/2 tsp for extra salty caramel)
1 cup sliced apples
Dry ingredients for the apple cake:
1 1/2 cup flour*
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
Wet ingredients:
1 cup soy milk (or almond milk, oat milk, or any other plant-based milk)
1 1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar or white vinegar or lemon juice
1/3 cup oil any neutral-flavored oil will work
1/2 cup apples diced
*For a gluten-free cake, try substituting almond flour, the almond taste goes very well with the flavors in this recipe. Almond flour does not rise as much as regular flour, but it is definitely delicious!