Caramel Apple Right-Side-Up Cake


Caramel Apple Right-Side-Up Cake recipe
caramel apple right-ride-up cake photo by carmen troesser

Like a box cake mix, this recipe is much easier if you mix the dry ingredients together at home and bring them with you in a zip-top bag.


Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup sugar
¾ tsp. kosher salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. nutmeg
1 cup milk
¼ cup canola oil
2 eggs
½ cup (1 stick) butter
1 cup brown sugar
3 apples (such as Macintosh, Jonathan or Cripps Pink), quartered, cored and sliced



Preparation

• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Add the milk, oil and eggs to the dry ingredients and mix well.
• In a Dutch oven heated over a layer of coals, melt the butter and the brown sugar to create a caramel sauce. Spread the apples evenly across the bottom of the oven. Pour in the cake batter, cover and use tongs to cover the lid with coals. Bake 15 to 18 minutes, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the Dutch oven with a large spoon and serve.