Apple Upside Down Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
• 3/4 cup chopped, walnuts or pecans
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
• 4 medium-size baking apples, pared and thinly slices
• 2-3/4 cups sifted flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2/3 cup vegetable shortening
• 1-1/2 cups milk (you can substitute almond, soy, or rice milk to make this pareve)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

This recipe originally appeared in Family Circle or Woman's Day (over 20 years ago).

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F/175 C 
2. Melt butter/margarine in 13x9x2" baking pan in oven while pre-heating; remove from oven. 
3. Combine 1 cup of sugar, nuts and cinnamon in small bowl; sprinkle evenly over melted butter. Arrange apple slices, overlapping slightly.
4. Sift flour, remaining sugar, baking powder and salt into large bowl; add shortening, milk, eggs and vanilla. Beat at low speed until combined, then at high speed for 2 minutes; pour evenly over apples.
5. Bake for approximately 1 hour, or until top springs back when lightly pressed with fingertip.
6. Cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes. Loosen around edges with a knife; cover with a large serving tray or cookie sheet; turn; lift off pan.